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CHICAGO “EVENING POST 

(Sept. 13) 



LOS ANGELES “TIMES’ 

(July 2) 



Mysuc, i» Wopderful, Pleasuig VaudeT^e 

assisted by Princess . there is anything you want to know go to the 

1 j Orpheum this week and find out. For there you will 

certainly deserve the Ond Joreddah. the Rajah, master mystic, and the 

and make this one of Princess Olga. , 

. To say that the Rajah has an interesting act is put- 
ve have ever seen in ting it mildly. “ 

eople back to see the Together with Costa . Valata, the Rajah passes 
„ . .. through the audience taking queries from anyone who 

ee hundred questions desires knowledge. The Raj^ works doSairs and 
It be a few less ques- Valeta passes through the upper: ^^r^^ 

. ... . All this time they are firing questions at the princess 

itroduced in this act. who sits blindfolded upon the stage. More raSy 

two encores, closing than the; questions are asked her, does the girl answer 

and the effect truly is marvelods. No matter how 
^ object w^ in 

• ^ the girl immediately describes' it. 

She Mswps any sort of a question and in a manner 
which brings astonishing exclaniations and sqiieaks 
from many of the women present. On Friday, the 
RajM and Princess are to give a special performance 
behind the stage for the benefit of ladies only. 

Sallie Fisher in “The Choir Rehearsal,” and her 
capable compapy are one of the hits of the biH. 

In “het’s Pretend,” Marie Nordstrom, petite and 
Olga came: sweet-voiced, scores a big success. Her song about 

She snoke r ' , the Variety that 

pnespoKe is clever because oif its very foolishness. 

audience: , “The Frontier of Freedom,” produced by Sergt. 

floine tn Maj, /Jack Anderson of the famous Princess Pat regi- 

going to jnent and Capt. L. E. Ransom of the United States 

your boy Army, gives the audience a closeup of a real trench 

n iKo and life therein during a bombardment, 

n me war Carter DeHaven and Flora Parker are pleasing in 
he world’s songs and Edwin Weber at the piano is an Mtist 

lienee lost “rru answered many encores, 

lienee lost The Misses Black and White in their acrobatic 

Ilubs three novelty diversion do some stunts which if practiced 

pa of POO daily by the fair sex, would surely lead to perfection 
ce oi cop- or near perfection of form. ' : : i 

appointed Frances Dougherty appears in a melodic diversion. 

The show opens with Stewart and Mercer in a 
comedy aerial attraction. . 

lat you must always look for the 



Joveddah, CostayWalata and the Princess 
out. The Princes,^|ga had her eyes bound, 
as her Hindu friends went through the 
“A watch." “A dollar watch.” “You are 
Memphis.”, “In about <:|ye weeks.” “Yes, 
will come back from France.” “Who will w 
—the Allies.” (Applause.) “Who WiU win I 
series?” “The Cubs.” At this noint the mi 



-*.*“"*» iui«uuu«» w oiupe, aDouc lost jewels, 
ads, of course. Is merely bait 
for too gullible. I \rould decline to atako my future on wllat Olga eara In 

roan* Wtson with richly car- 
uUned lips, but I deny her the gift of prophecy.' 

iJL.™ Uds much valuable print paper to loveddab. Olga, et al. 

*?hnn I havB OTor wltniBsod. They 

^n?^***® Shattucks. who aio one of my standard vaudevlllo 
AdmiTAticins. Such pwplo are far out <rf tho ordinary, and even with the 

they have a omack of the uncanny. 
2S5 a?*L**\S' typical trance-medium look (I have 

^ commit sulcldo at least three times a year. 
SimnS heard of her she haV 

.'2 haffl«l Mercedes, who asks you to namo any 
and then telepathlzea It to a girl at a piano on too stage. 

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VOL. LII, No. 4 



NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1918 



ALL WOMEN IN STAGE CREW 
BEING TRIED BY KANSAN MAN 

Roy Crawford of Topeka Enffages Female Stage Crew Upon 

Union Men Demanding Increase of Wages. Claims 

Change Is Proving Successful. Local Theatri- 
cal Union People Profess Not to 
Take Innovation Seriously. 



The efforts of Roy Crawford to main- 
tain full stage crews of women in his 
Topeka, Kan., theatre playing travel- 
ing combinations is not taken _ seri- 
ously in New York labor circles in the 
belief that Crawford’s action will re- 
sult in other cities following suit. 

Locil 206 at Topeka recently asked 
for ah increase, the carpenters asking 
$21 weekly over their former $17, de- 
claring that they could not live and 
support families on their old salary. 
All efforts by the Topeka stage hands 
and the Crawford house management 
to agree failed. The matter was taken 
up by Crawford with the U. M. P. A. 
in New York, with the Topeka local 
appealing to the Alliance for assist- ‘ 

RtlC6« 

The Alliance executives agreed that 
the demand on the $21 basis was not 
unreasonable but Crawford refused to 
pay and the men went out, with the 
I. A. T. S. E. placing the road call on 
the house. ' 

Crawford then hired women to 
handle the scenery and baggage, with 
the Crawford office there maintaining 
the plan is working most successfully. 

BIG CAST FOR “VORTEX.” 

George H. Brennan is assembling a 
company of importance for the pro- 
duction of a spectacular play, tenta- 
tively called “The Vortex,” but the title 
may be changed. . . , 

Among those engaged for principal 
roles are Wilton Lackaye, Khayda St. 
Albans, Theodore Kosloff and his bal- 
let, Henry B. Walthall and a host of 

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They expect to open in New York 
Oct. 1 — some say at the Manhattan 
Opera House. 

INVESTIGATING ‘-‘SLUMP.” 

Chicago. Sept. 18. 

The slump in business in Chicago 
caused the theatre managers in Chi- 
cago to get together for an earnest 
confab. It was decided to make a 
thorough investigation of the causes 
which enter into the' situation, and to 
act accordingly. 

The management at the La Salle an- 



ticipated action of the others by cut- 
ting their nightly top of $2.50 to $2, 
retaining the $2.50 top only for Satur- 
day night. This in spite of the fact 
that “Oh, Look” is one of the most 
profitable and popular plays in town. 

LOEW’S, WASHINGTON, PICTURES. 

Washington, Sept. 18. 

The local show people were surprised 
at an official announcement made that 
the new Loew’s Palace here, now near-, 
ing completion, will have a picture 
policy. 

It was expected that Loew would 
present a combination vaudeville and 
picture program in the new house. 

CORT OFF THE COAST. 

San Francisco, Sept. 18. 

What final theatrical hold John C 9 rt 
had on the Pacific Coast was relin- 
quished when Homer F. Curran, than- 
ager of the Cort Theatre here since 
.its opening in September, 1911, took 
over the house this week and an- 
nounced that the theatre starting next 
week would be styled the Currani 

The Curran will continue road at- 
tractions booked in by the Shuberts. 

“LIGHTNIN”’ AND BACON. 

It is said that the personal success of 
Frank Bacon in “Lightnin”’ is so great 
that Smith & Golden will hold the 
production for him, not sending out 
a second company as first intended. 

The production has shattered all the 
firm’s records. The receipts up to date 
are 25 per cent, greater than those of 
“Turn to the Right” in a corresponding 
space of time, at the same theatre. 
Gaiety. 

CHAMPION LONG TITLE. 

Chicago, Sept. 18. 

George Print holds the world record 
for length play titles. His latest pro- 
duction is entitled “Alone in a Great 
City Without the Aid of a Mother. 

If the play runs as long as the title 
Print should make money. 

Watch for my fun barrage. CHA8. ALTHOFP. 



RUSHING “THE BIG CHANCE.’*^ 

A. H. Woods “The Big Chance” is 
spoken of as either succeeding “Where 
Poppies Bloom” at the Republic • or 
going into the Criterion. The piece is 
a drama with the story of a woman of 
the streets, who reforms through the 
conditions of war. 

A second company is now being 
formed, to be rushed into Chicago. The 
reason for that and the secrecy with 
which the play was tri^d out, is a 
play called “The Crowded Hour of 
similar story and which the Selwyns 
have. The latter play was v^ritten by 
Channing Pollock and re-written by 
Edgar Selwyn. , 

Mr. Woods is said to have suggested 
to Mr. Selwyn that they exchange 
manuscripts and whichever was con- 
sidered best, to produce it on a fifty- 
fifty arrangement. Reports have it that 
Mn Woods read the Pollock play and 
returned it, forgetting, however, to 
send “The Big Chance” script to the 
Selwyn office. Then the latter piece 
was quietly put on. 

Willard Mack worked on “The Big 
Chance” and staged it. The CMca^go 
shoAV will be staged by William H. Gil- 
more, Mr. Mack being prevented be- 
cause of picture work. 

WOOD’S WEEKLY PROFIT. 

A. H. Woods had 18 shows and six 
theatres in operation last week. Of 
these, 17 of the attractions made 
money and five of the theatres fared 
likewise. 

The Harris was the loosing theatre 
and “Why Worry,” playing there, was 
the unfortunate attraction, totalling a 
loss on the two of $1,400. The show 
closed Saturday and is in storage. 

“Friendly Enemies” at the Hudson 
yielded a combined profit for house 
and attraction of $8,500; The Woods 
Theatre, Chicago, where “Friendly En- 
emies” is also playing, made $5,500 for 
both ends; the Eltinge, with “Under 
Order.s,” the two-people play, rnade 
i3,.100; the Republic, with Marjorie 
Rambeaii in “Where Poppies Bloom, 
$2,500; “Parlor, Bedroom and Bath” m 
Boston made $3,200. 

“OVER AGE” AGENT'S DREAM. 

One of the big time agents booking 
' through the U. B. 0., who admits he 
is over the Draft limit of 45, is expe- 
riencing a pleasant dream. 

The agent has proved to his own 
satisfaction that of all the big time 
I agents in the east, but himself and an- 
; other will be left after the Draft 
V Boards get through with the others, 
' He is confidentially imparting the se- 
. cret to his friends, asking them not to 
tell the other agents who arc going to 
, have their own worries when they are 
, drafted. 



PRICE TEN CENTS 

“HIS BIRTHRIGHT” SEIZED. 

New Orlearis, Sept. 18, 
Naval Intelligence officers entered 
the Palace Sunday during the perform- 
ance and seized a film that was being 
shown, asserting it reflected on the 
navy. -V . . 

The picture, “His Birthright," was re- 
garded as a sequel of the opera 
“Madame Butterfly” and told of the 
adventures of a United States nai«l 
officer in Japan, in its cast naming the 
officer Admiral John Milton. - 

It is understood the seizure was 
made as the result of protests entered 
by the friends of Rear Admiral John 
B Milton stationed at the New Orleans 
Navy Yard. These friends resented 
the linking of the nanle with some in- 
cident of the plot. It was reported the 
film was seized on instructions from 
Washington, and .that it had been 
shipped there for examination. ^ 

Rear Admiral Milton was placed on 
the retired list in 1910, but was re- 
called for domestic service during the 
war. » « 

''His Birthright” features Sessue 
Hayakawa, produced by the Hayakawa 
Film Co. 

FOOD PRICES IN ENGLAND. 

London, Sept. 18. 

Prices for food over here do not 
strike the English as so very^expensive 
under the circumstances. The retail 
price of beef, Scotch or English, sold 
over the counter, is 39c. a pound; fresh 
butter is 62c.; home grown lamb and 
mutton, 39c.; coal, $10.50 a ton. 

Fruit is dear. Peaches are SOc. each. 
Apples, formerly costing 6c. a pound, 
now 36 to SOc. Potatoes are abundant, 
SO or 60 pounds for $1. Vegetables are 
also' plentiful,’ made more so through 
the many home garden farms, . 

Scotch whiskey is high and hard to 
secure. It is now about $2.37 a bottle. 
Gin is scarce but can be had. 

LAURA HAMILTON HAS DIVORCE. 

Although the attorneys in the case 
refuse information it is reported that 
Mrs. Harold L. Atteridge, who was 
nee Laura Hamilton, secured a decree 
of divorce granted on , statutory 
grounds Sept. 12, 

The couple were, married May Z6, 
1914. , 

Selling Amelia Bingham’e Home. 

Amelia Bingham’s home at 103 River- 
side drive. New York, is going under 
the hammer. WilHam B. Ralston has 
been appointed referee to arrange for 
an auction and compute the charges in 
a judgment for $20,370 filed ag^ust 
1 Miss Bingham by Mrs. Sarah A. Jeffer- 

I ^°The Riverside home, formerly owned 
• by Joseph Jefferson, was purchased 
by Miss Bingham seven years ago. 



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LONDON THEATRES PERK UP; 
DREW BIG RECEIPTS UST WEEK 



London, Sept. 18. 

Everything is looking up theatrically, 
with the legitiniate theatres and music 
halls doing a splendid business. 

This is accounted for by the high 
feeling over the advance of the Allies 
and the boom is expected to develop 
into proportions that will delight the 
London managers, who have passed 
through the many vicissitudes since the 
war started with an admirable spirit 
under all conditions. 

Last week’s receipts in some of the 
legitimate theatres will probably at> 
tract , more than passing notice among 
the fraternity in the States. 

“Chu Chin Chow,” nearing its 1,000th 
performance at His Majesty’s, did $17,- 
000 for the six days ending Sept, l4. 

"As You Were" at the Pavilion, 
played to $14,000, in the same time. 

“Yes, Uncle” at the Shaftesbury, got 

$J|0QQ 

"Going Up,” Gaiety, $12,000. > 

“The Maid of the Mountains,” Daly’s, 

$ 11 , 000 . 

“The Better ’Ole,” Oxford, $10,000. 

"The Boy,” Adelphi, $10,000. 

“The Purple Mask,” Lyric, $9,000. 

"The Freedom of the Seas,” Haymar- 
ket, $8,000. 

’’Nothing But the Truth,” Savoy, $7,- 
500. 

"Fair and Warmer,” Prince of Wales, 
$7,000. 

"By Pigeon Post,” Garrick, $7,000. 

“The Naughty Wife” (with Gladys 
Cooper out of the cast through being, 
on a holiday). Playhouse, $6,000. 

“The Live Wire,” St. Martin’s, $5,500. 

“Tabs” (theatre not given), $5,(KK). 



WEAK *mEK END » 

London, Sept. 18. 

At the Kingsway, “A Week End," by 
Walter Ellis, was presented by Fred 
Krano and Leon Vint. It Ms a noisy, 
bustling farce of the Palaiie Royale 
impropriety type, with Uttle humor or 
spontaneity. 

Ernest Thesiger and Yvonne Arnaud 
labored to give reality to an impossible 
play. 



FROHMAN SECURES NEW COMEDY. 

London, Sept. 18. 

Charles Frohman, Inc., has bought 
the rights to a new comedy for Cyril 
Maude, entitled “Lord Richard in the 
Pantry,” by Sydney ,Blow and Douglas 
Hoare, adapted from a novel by Martin 
Shawne. 



RUSSIAN BALLET DRAWING. 

London, Sept. 18, 

The Russian Ballet is packing them 
in at the Coliseum. The Canadians 
continue there," their leave having been 
extended for this week. 

The newcomers are Coram, Florence 
Smithson, Ethel Hook. 



REVIVING “ IN DAHOMEY.” 



London, Sept. 18. 

Norman J. Norman, who brought 
William and Walker to London in 
1903 with “In Dahomey,” which ran for 
nearly a year at the Shaftdsbury, is 
about to put a revival of the piece, 
written by colored people with an all- 
colored company. 

He has made an offer to Bert Wil- 
liams to come to England and appear 
in his original role. 



BALLET BOOM IN LONDON. 

London, Sept. 18. 

The ballet boom is spreading. Beech- 
am’s opera ballet opened at the Palla- 
dium seventy strong. 

Others on the bill are Wilkie Bard, 
Max Darewski, Zomah, Belle Davis 
and her Crackerjacks, Alfredo, Austin 
Rudd. 



MAMMOTH DICKENS FAIR. 

London, Sept. 18. 

The Dickens Fair at Botanical Gar- 
dens. organized by Bransby Williams 
in aid of the Charles Dickens Home 
for Blinded Soldiers, assumed mam- 
moth proportions. Numerous stars and 
novelties appeared. 



COCHRAN’S FIFTH. 

Londqn, Sept. d8. 

■ The lease of the Aldwych has been 
acquired by Charles B. Cochran, who 
now coi^trols five London theatres and 
supplies attractions to two others. 

Whenever a successor to “The Better 
’Ole" is required at the Oxford, Coch- 
ran will furnish another entertainment 
by Captain Bruce Bairngfather and 
Captain Arthur Eliot. 



CINQUEVALLI LEFT $130,000. 

London, Sept. 18. 



By the will of Paul Cinquevalli, the 
great iiiegler left an estate appraised 



at $130,000. 



DeCOURVlLLE TAKES PLAYS. 

The English rights to “Why Marry” 
have been secured from A. M. Woods 
by Albert deCourville for an early Lon- 
don production. The world’s rights to 
a new farce by Harold Brighouse, en- 
titled “The Bantam, V. C.” have also 



HARRY TATE EXEMPT. 

London, Sept. 18. 

Harry Tate, the comedian, has been 
declared exempt from service by the 
Wandsworth Tribunal. 

Had Tate joined up as private the 
country would have lost some $12,500 
yearly in income and super-income tax. 



been bought by deCourville, who will 
probably star Laurie DeFreece in it. 



At Alhambra, Paris. 

Paris, Sept. 18. 

Alfredo, Garnalla and Eddie, Riggs 
and Witchie, Four Dormonds and Yost, 
clay modeler, open the Alhambra Sept. 
27. 



IMPROVING "CHINESE PUZZLE.” 

London, Sept. 18. 

The management of “The Chinese 
Puzzle,” at the New theatre, is en- . 
dcavoring to make alterations and im- 
provements in the piece. 

Ellen O’Malley’s part is now played 



"Officers’ Mess” Produced. 

London, Sept. 18. 

Andre Chariot presented “The Of- 
ficers’ Mess,” by Sydney Blow and 
Douglas Hoare, at Plymouth, to be 
followed by a short tour pending a 
London production. 



MclNTOSH’S GOLD PASSES. 

London, Sept. 18. 

Gold Passes are being issuOd by 
Hugh McIntosh to all Australians hold- 
ing the Victoria Cross (V. C.). ' Thq 



pass admits the V. C’s and their fam- 
ilies to all of the theatres over which 



Legitimate and Music Halls in Midst of Spurt Through High 
Feeling Over Advance of Allied Forces. "Chu Chin 
Chow,” Nearing 1,000th Performance, Did 
I $17,000 Last Week. Even Bigger ^ 

Boom Looked For. 



Mr. McIntosh has control, in Austra- 
lia. The Australian manager and legis- 
lative councillor is here on a visit. 

The example set by McIntosh is to be 
followed by Sir Alfred Butt. Sir Alfred 
says he is delighted with the idea and 
will also issue passes to the V. C men 
whipb will admit them to all theatres 
and halls over which he presides. 



* IN PARIS. 

i> • j.A Paris, Aug. 

Reginald d Arcy, and Australian com- 
poser and pianist, known as d’Arcy 
Irving, of Algiers, where he was a pro- 
fessor at the Conservatory of Music, 
has just died at the age of 48 years, 
of influenza. 



Hertz and Coquelin reopened their 
two houses this week, the Ambigu re- 
viving Courtelain’s "Train de 8h. 47," 
and the Porfe St. Martin continuing 
th run of "Un soir au front,” inter- 
rupted by the bombardment of Paris. 



by Elaine Inescort. Ethel Irving, who 
kas the lead, later goes into manage- 
ment with “Three for Diana,” adapted 
from the Italian by Chester Bailey 
Fernald. 



"FEMALE HUN” IS SPY DRAMA. 

. London, Sept. 18. 

“The Story of the Rosary” will be 
withdrawn from the Lyceum, Satur- 



day, to be succeeded, by a four-act 
spy drama, “The Female Hun,” by Wal- 



_At the Renaissance Cora Laparcerie 
will shortly create a new farce “L’As 
de Chouquette” by Hennequin and P. 
yel«r, in which she will be supported 
by Gaston Dubose. 



ter Melville. 



ELSIE JANIS IN "HULLO AMERICA.” 

London, Sept. 18. 

Sir Alfred Butt has named the new 
revue to be presented at the Palace, 
Sept. 21,. “Hullo America.” 

The principals are Elsie Janis, Owen 
Nares, Stanley Lupino, "Will West. 



k ofoP.crctta by Rip, with music 

by Willy Redstone, will be produced 
m the near future at the Theatre An- 
toine. 



OSWALD STOLL AUTHOR. 

London, Sept. 18. 

Oswald Stoll has written a book on 
economics entitled, “Freedom in Fin- 
ance.” 



CROCK’S WIFE DIES. 

London, Sept. 18. 

The wife of Grock, the celebrated 
clown, is dead. 



Folies Marigny Being Delayed. 

Paris, Sept. 18. 

The Folies Marigny remains closed, 
director Perkins possibly resuming 
within a few days. 

In a speech last Saturday night Per- 
kins apologized for the uncompleted 
condition of his revue and complained 
at not receiving fair play, vaguely 
suggesting rivals were at the bottom 
of the delay. 

It is probable the real reason of his 
difficulties is the non-delivery of cos- 
tumes. 



Vaudeville has come intb its own 
again, and all the variety resorts of 
P**y*«R to full houses. At 
the Alhambra, which has been redec- 
orated during the summer closure, E. 
H. Neighbour is still to be found as 
resident director, with Joe Brooke as 
stage manager. The show is an ex- 
cellent one, and many families are 
Uckled to death to have thei? select 
^usic hall in full swing, an establish- 
ment of this kind having been sadly 
lacking during the-past three months. 
Manager Dubray, now assisted by Leon 
Rogee in charge of the Anglo-Ameri- 
can department, has revived the old 
success of the Nouveau Cirque, where 
a fine program is likewise on tap. The 
stables have been converted into a 
vast, chic promenade, where we have 
the fashionable jazz band and an in- 
viting bar during the intermission. 
(For programs see Bills next week.) 
There is every prospect of a fine sea- 
son. 



, It was reported in New York late 
Wednesday that the “Follies of 1918” 
would open there shortly, having a 
typical Broadvvay, New York, aspect. 
American soldiers on leave in Paris 
are expected to be the best patrons. 



Butt’s "Rock-a-Bye Baby." 

London, Sept. 18. 

Sir Alfred Butt has bought the Eng- 
lish rights to “Rock-a-Bye Baby.” 



Perkins is busy preparing for the 
inaupration of his season at the 
Marigny, where we are promised a real 
American show, with English chorus 
girls. The Casino de Paris is doing 
splendid business with a somewhat in- 
different revue: the same can be said 
of the Folies Bergere. Both houses, 
catering more for the promenade, at 
present have only local people, little 
known outside of France, on the bills. 
The Olympia, giving vaudeville twice 
daily, is also making big money with 
a small time show. 




Sach^ Guitry has started in again at 
the Theatre du Vaudeville, offering a 
revival of his own comedy “Nono," 
with Yvonne Printemps, Baron fils, 
Jeanne Fusier, Delys and Hieronimus. 
His revue, in which father Lucien 
Guitry will appear, is due later. 



The Comedie Francaise is to add sev- 
eral other old successes to its reper- 
toire, and the troupe is now studying 
G. de Porto Riche’s “Amoureuse," Jules 
Lemaitre’s “Pardon,” Verlaines “Les 
Uns ei les Autres.” A new work by H. 
Bataille, “Les Soeurs d’Amour,” is de- 
livered and will soon be rehearsed. 
There are also two. short comedies due 
this season, "Le Petit Chaperon” by 
Felix Gandera and C. Gevet; “Le Sou- 
rire du Faune” by Andre Rivoire. 



Photo by Hixon- Connelly 
BEN BERNIE 
(Of BERNIE and BAKER) 

“A Lillie Talk Interrupted by a Violin” 
PROCTOR’S FIFTH AVE. NOW (Sept. 19-22) 



M._ Combes retains operetta at the 
Empire for the present; variety will 
follow as usual later in the season, 



Offering u single in which is embodied all 
the merits and clean-cut comedy Which made 
BERNIE and BAKER a standard laughing 



Direction, LEWIS & GORDON. 



The Odeon is showing the old French 
version of Charles Dickens “Le Grillon 
du Foyer" (Cricket on the Hearth). 
Lena Ashwell is playing this week 
"Billeted” at the English theatre Al- 
bert I. 



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NINE-MONTHS’ TOURISTS TICKETS 
FI^T F EDERAL CONCESSION 

Washington Railroad Conferences Give Traveling Public 
Advantages Over Expected Rate— Indications Point 
to Theatrical Concessions — Coast Tickets 
Show Only 10 Per Cent. Raise. 



Washington, Sept, 18r 

Nine months’ tourists tickets from 
New York aiid Chicago to the coast 
and return have been decided on. While 
the rates are Set, the announcement 
is unofficial, the Railroad Administra- 
tion probably holding the actual pub- 
lication of the rates until 'a decision is 
giyen out regarding the appeal of the- 
atrical interests for rail concessions. 

It is understood that a favorable re- 
port has already been turned in ad- 
vocating the granting of concessions. 
Director General of Railroads McAdoo 
has been away from the capital for 
several days and the report has await- 
ed his final consideration. It is up to 
-him to permit\the allowances as^ set 
forth by the board of control. The 
entire managerial committee was here 
last week and several prominent mem- 
'“bers arrived here again today. 

The coast return trip tickets are not / 
acated as high as first expected, the 
. advance being about 10 per cent .over 
the old rate instead of the predicted 
20 per cent, increase. From Chicago to 
the coast and return the rate for a 
nine months’ ticket is $121, plus the 
war tax (8 per cent.) or $9.68, making 
the actual figure $130.68. The nine 
inonths’ rate from New York to the 
coast and return, is $163.12, plus the 
war tax of $13,05, or an actual cost of' 
$176.17. The three months’ summer rate 
tourists’ tickets will cdntinue to be 
sold at $117.29 including war tax 
until the end of September and are 
valid until October 31. After that time 
they will be exchanged for the nine 
months’ tickets on a pro rata increase 
based on the mileage yet to be cov- 
ered. This is as arranged for early 
in the summer. 

r Partial payment is to be allowed on 
what was formerly called the “manu- 
,j8cript ticket” plan, A certain percent- 
age of payment will be required at 
designated points, with the entire cost 
paid in full at the “turnaround,” which 
IS the coast. This is the same accom- 
modation allowed by the individual 
toads in the past and is looked upon 
f j s a valuable aid to touring companies 
: and vaudevillians. 

GORDpN-WILSON STORY. 

Los Angeles, Sept. 18. 

Simultaneously with the arrival here 
• of Kitty Gordon and Jack Wilson with 
attendants to start feature film work 
for the United Picture Theatres' Co. at 
the Brunton studio the newspapers 
printed that Miss Gordon would sue 
" Captain Beresford for divorce with the 
conjecture that she would then marry 
Wilson, 

Miss Gordon’s manager denied the 
report but understood that papers are 
being prepared. 

DAMAGED SEVERAL WAYS. 

Chicago, Sept. 18i 

Irene Koepping, known in vaudeville 
variously as Irene Davis and Lee Mil- 
ler, has filed a suit for $50,000 damages 
in New Orleans against Ben Montele4 
one, son of a wealthy hotel owner in 
New Orleans. . 

The suit is b^sed on incidents whifch 
transpired in 1912, when Miss Koepping 
was a minor. At that time Moneleone 
was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury 
for a violation of the Mann. act. It was 
stated by the girl, when she was taken 
into custody in Chicago later, that. 
Monteleone had taken her to Key 



West, Fla., where he had compelled her 
to live an immoral life. 

In her suit. Miss Koepping asks $20,-' 
000 for breach of promise, $15,0(K) for ' 
impairment to her health, and $15,000 
for degradation and disgrace following 
her ' association., with Monteleone. 

Monteleone has been a fugitive from 
justice for six years. He was arrested 
last week in Denver. 

CINSITS FORCED EARLY SHOWS. 

Cincinnati, Sept. 18. 

Hubert Heuck, president of the Cin- 
cinnati Theatre Managers Association, 
says that managers of road shows are 
complaining; because under Uncle Sam’s 
administration the trains leaving Cin- 
cinnati for the north and west at mid- 
night have been taken off. Actors are 
obliged to catch trains at 11 o’clock. 

This necessitates starting shows at 
8 p.m., at the Grand and Lyric, while 
Manager Ned Hastings, at Keith’s, is 
letting ’er go at 7.30. 

“Friendly Enemies,” playing its sec- 
ond week at the Lyric this -week, is an 
indication -that to beat the high cost 
of traveling, managers will keep their 
shows in normally one-week towns, or 
considerabl}T longer, unless business is 
so bad that it would be folly to remain. 



7 MORTONS NEXT WEEK. 

The Palace, New York, program next 
week will, be full of Mortons, led by 
Sam and Kitty, the parents of the 
flock. 

Three separate Morton acts will 
group when the father and mother 
appear with their younger children, 
now also known as the Four Mortons. 
The other two turns are Paul Morton 
and Naomi Glass, and Clara Morton. 

It is anticipated that Sam and Kitty 
and Paul and Clara may do some of 
their former turn, when the elders and 
their children were first known as The 
Four. 

Miss Glass, privately, is Mrs. Paul 
Morton. 

N. V. A. ORDERS TRIAL 

Through charges preferred against 
a member,' the National 'Vaudeville Art- 
tists has ordered Billy Force before 
it for trial for failing to make a vaude- 
ville production as agreed between 
himself and one Sohn, a non-profes- 
sional. 

Sohn was to furnish the money and 
Force do the producing. Sohn pre- 
ferred the complaint. 

Force was of Bernard and Force, a 
vaudeville team. 

ARRESTED AS DESERTER. 

Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 18. 

Serg. "Victor Gordon was arrested 
here last Friday by a U. S. marshal 
as a deserter from the British Army. 

Gordon was appearing at the Arcade 
Theatre at the time. He has been play- 
ing in vaudeville since the early sum- 
mer, as a monologist, appearing most- 
ly in the Middle "West. 

"DOUBLING." 

For next week at the Royal and Al- 
hambra, New York, it has been pro- 
grammed for two acts to appear on' 
both bills. They are Trixie Friganza 
and T. Roy Barnes and Co. 



CAMPS QUARANTINED. 

Spanish influenza, an affection which 
first made its appearance along the 
fighting front in France, has developed 
in four camps which are now under 
quarantine., Cantonments under quar- 
antine are Camps Upton, Lee, Quantico 
and Newport. The latter two places 
are naval bases, but are included in the 
bookings of the Commission on Train- 
ing Camp Activities. 

At Quantico, near "Washington, the 
“Mimic World” was kept out by the 
quarantine, but instea.d the attraction 
was rushed to Camp Humphreys^ "Va. 
There is no Liberty Theatre there, 
though one is building. The Commis- 
sion working with the quartermaster’s 
department at Humphreys, arranged to 
transport the company and production 
in army trucks. Through the efforts of 
a Washington society woman, a spe- 
cial stage was constructed in the op<’ i 
at Humphries with footlights and com- 
plete equipment provided. Seats were 
arranged in a natural amphitheatre, 
capable of seating 15,000. 

At Camp Upton there was no inter- 
ruption of bookings. “The Red Mill” 
played the firm three days and was al- 
lowed fo depart when finished,- Which 
will be the same where other attrac- 
tions appear in the infected canfps. At 
Upton there is no danger Of contagion 
to the visiting artists as their living 
quarters are considerably separated 
from that of the men. 

At Camp Lee, starting “Sunday next. 
Gus Hill’s Minstrels are bboked, and 
up to Wednesday it was expected that 
the attraction would open on schedule. 
The Commission is continuing its book- 
ings, not figuring the epidemic as ser- 
ious. 

At Upton next week a number of fea- 
ture pictures have been arranged for. 
That because the week was open, hav- 
ing been partly held fot "Yip, Yip, 
Yaphank.” In addition to the pictures, 
concerts will be given Thursday and 
Friday by Mary Zentay, Violinist, and 
Henry Waterous, basso. 

Camp Upton, L. L, Sept. 18. 
The Liberty and Buffalo theatres 
here have been ordered closed for the 
present, due to an outbreak of Spanish 
influenza. i. 

The company playing “The Love 
Mill” this first half of the week was 
obliged to vacate. ^ 

SHUBERT’S SUNDAY BOOKER. 

Rufus Lemaire is out as booker of 
the Sunday shows at the Winter Gar- 
den and Central, the latter being the 
new Shubert house at 47th and Broad- 
way. 

The withdrawal followed words with 
Lee Shubert, but Lemaire, who between 
times is a chief petty officer assigned 
to naval headquarters at 280 Broadway, 
has “resigned” a number of times be- 
fore. 

Ed. Di^vidow, a brother-in-law to the 
Shtiberts, who has been associated with 
Lemaire in his office in the Putnam 
building, is handling the Garden and 
Central Sunday bookings for the pres- 
ent. 

PRESSMAN’S PLAYLET. 

“Life’s Studies” or "Etudes de Vic,” 
as it may be called, is a playlet in two 
scenes that Charles B. Maddock will 
probably produce for vaudeville. 

The piece was written by G. Horace 
Mortimer of the Orpheum Circuit’s 
press department. It is his maiden' 
playwrighting effort, with a unique idea 
basing it. 

JACK ROSE FINED. 

New Orleans, Sept. 18. 
Jack Rose, of Mike Bernard and Jack 
Rose, was arrested and fined $40 here 
Monday, after he had gotten into an 
altercation which led to fisticuffs. 
Rose paid the fine. 

He reports for military service in 
two weeks, the act dissolving there- 
after. 



MORE VOLUNTEERS SAIL. 

' Two more units have dailcd overseas 
to join America’s Over There League 
of volunteers, each unit holding four 
entertainers. In addition the League 
sent over Dorothy Donnelly, the act- 
ress and playwright, who is to put on 
plays for the service mOn who will ap- 
pear in them. Assisting Miss Donnelly 
and sailing with her were Patricia 
O'Connor, also Grace Henry, who will 
do the same sort of work. The units 
which departed, together with their 
titles, are. 

"A Mmicar Fotiraome.” 

Maude Allen. 

JLucie Babcock. , 

Vera .Barstow. 

Mildred Evans. 

"A Little Bit of Everything,” 
Mabelle Adams. » 

Mary . Cameron. 

Lida McMillan. i 

Bert Snow. 

“A Musical Foursome” is the first 
alUwoman unit to sail, save for the 
concert duo consisting of Amperitp 
Farrar and niother. Counting Miss 
Donnelly and party, the volunfeers al- 
ready sent over by the League num- 
ber 61. The operation of the new 
draft is not expected to interfere with 
the League’s work and there will prpb- 
ably be some provision later for the 
registration of those already over 
there. 

SAILORSVMINSTRELS OVER. 

The Sailors’ Minstrels of. the New- 
port Naval Station, 90 in number, 
wound up their season Sunday night 
at Worcester, Mass. The show made 
several cities in New England, under 
the direction of Mark Levy, and were 
entertained by the local officials, also 
the society folk of Newport, Taunton, 
Fall River, Springfield and Providence. 

In the company Bill Jones and Noll 
and Kenney “walked away with the 
show.” 

HELD UP AT BORDER. 

Winnipeg, Can.; Sept. 18. 
Through not holding their registra- 
tion .cards, King and Harvey were held 
up at the Canadian border for two 
days, leaving it impossible for them to 
open here Monday. 

The men had registered by mail with 
their New Yotk Draft Board without 
receiving an acjcnowledgment. They 
had to register again, iii Pembina 
County, North Dakota and were then 
allo-wed to leave the States, motoring 
from the border to Winnipeg and 
opening here this evening. 

MARX BROS. IN SHOW. 

Chicago, Sept. 18. 

The Four Marx Brothers "have 
temporarily forsaken vaudeville and 
will go out in a production. 

It is to be a romantic farce with 
music, written for them by Joe Swer- 
iing, presented by Minnie Palmer and 
produced under the direction of A1 
Shean. The piece, in three acts, is 
entitled “The Street Cinderella." The 
. music was written specially for the 
production by Gus Kahn and Egbert 
Van Alstync. 

In addition to Julius, Arthur, Leon- 
ard and Herbert Marx, who will be 
featured, the cast will include Edward 
Metcalfe, Mary Orthe, Betty Carpen- 
ter, Saba Shepard, Mary Aldis, Trixie 
Van Ness, Ida Lampton and a chorus 
of twelve. 

"The Street Cinderella’’ opens on the 
K. & E. time at Grand Rapids Sept. 28. 

Lou Lockett — Emma Haig Act. 

Lou Lockett, formerly of Lockett and 
Brown, with Emma Haig in an act 
written by Eddie Madden and staged 
by Frank Hale. 

Jenie Jacobs is handling the_ nejjt- 
team. Jessica Brown is in “Gloriaita,” 
a new John Corf musical piece. 

M«k6 m» your fun oodfathor. CHA8. ALTHOFF. 







AGENrS COMMISSION POINT. 

A different angle to an old point in 
the matter of commissions payable be- 
tween agents ahd acts is tacked onto 
an action started by H. J. & Frederick 
Goldsmith for their client, Arthur Hor- 
owitz, the agent, against Jay Gould, 
now in the Century Roof show and 
formerly of Gould and Lewis (Flo) a 
vaudeville act. 

The amount sued for is |635, claimed 
by Horowitz to be due him for com- 
mission from Gould and Lewis for a 
tour’s contract over the Pantages’ Cir- 
cuit last season that the act did not 
play. The team instead appeared on 
the Orpheum Circuit, not booked, how- 
ever, by Horowitz there. 

The agent alleges a long-term agree- 
ment with the turn and states that in 
pursuance of his post as representative 
for it, he procured the Pan time. While 
having authority, |the agent says, to 
sign for the act in contract .engage- 
ments, in this particular matter, he 
did not sign, giving the agreements to 
the act for their signature. Meanwhile 
the act had accepted the Orpheum 
route. Horowitz contends that as he 
sought and obtained the Pantages con- 
tracts with the knowledge 4nd con- 
sent of the act, the members are lia- 
ble to^ him for the full amount of the 
commission as though they had played 
the engagement or signed the agree- 
ment. 

Another managerial representative 
claim has been placed in the hands of 
his attorney, August Dreyer, by Charles 
Potsdam, against the Rigoletto Bro- 
thers, amounting to $835. Mr. Pots- 
dam alleges he acted as manager for 
the brothers. 

Last week Mr. Horowitz appeared 
before the Vaudeville Managers’ Pro- 
tective Association, to assert his. 
agency claim to Harmon and O’Cpnnor, 
a “sister act.” The act was under a 
contract for three years with Horo- 
witz and booked by him to open at the 
Audubon, New York, Sept. 8. On the 
same day they had been placed through 
Frank Evans to appear at a Poli the- 
atre. The evidence brought out that 
Horowitz had consented to the girls 
making an application to another 
agent (not Evans) to book them and 
that thereafter Harmon and O’Connor 
had notified the other agent they pre- 
ferred Frank Evans, who could secure 
them time. Whereupon the third agent 
tore up their consent, saying it was 
agreeable to him. 

On this phase of the matter Pat 
Casey decided against Horowitz, on 
the ground he had waived any agency 
claim according to the custom of the 
show business when agreeing to their 
proposal, made in writing, to another 
agent. Mr. Casey disregarded the 
legal aspect of the case as set forth 
in the Horowitz agreement, and it was 
so understood by the parties to the 
contest. 



RATS’ INVESTIGATION HEARING. 

liMt Friday's lenlon, pre-mentloBed as tbs 
finale of tbe hearinKs In the Inquisitorial pre- 
oeedlncs anent the financial manlpulatioas of 
the White Bats, was ISBgtby and covered much 
(round. Harry Uounttord made what he 
termed a statement, because there "had been 
a lot of InsinuationB made here and I should 
like to point out certain phases of the testi- 
mony.’’ Hs attached the testimony Of Will J. 
Cooke, went a little further into the alleg^ 
robbery of the Rats* offloe and airily sought 
to show how .efficiently the Rats’ coffers had 
been coneerved under his management— not, 
however, touching on the final "bow out.’’ 
Referee Schuldenfrel permitted the etate- 
ment. in*' which the witness questioned and 
answered himself; but towards the finish the 
Referee stated that he did. not at first under- 
stand the purport of the statement, and that 
it could not help in the proceedings, which 
was the signal for Hountford to cease. MoijiBt- 
ford "oroBS-ozamtned’’ himself because he^eald 
be was not represented by counsel. J. J. 
Myers was the legal representative of the 
Rats and not himself. 

The session was started with the examina- 
tion of Will Oonly and Percy Pollock, both 
called by Mr. Myers. Friday of this week 
was set down for anbther hearing, at which 
time the Referee will make a decision «a to 
his Jurisdiction In calling Ooldle Pemberton, 
the original petitioner in the proceedlilgs. 
Neither counsel bad handed in briefs oh the 
point. A. T. Saplnsky did not desire to ; 
any further witnesses. This week’s session 
may see further questioning on the $600 cheeks 
supposed to have bailed out women in Brook- 
lyn during the strike. The testimony adduced 
last PViday places the matter of the ohseka 
In a worse muddle than ever, and the expla- 
nations are contradictory with those of jwo 
weeks ago. 

Conly took the stand first, Myers que^oa- 
ing, but later Mr. Saplnsky queried. While 
in the chair Conly twice drew reprimMds 
from the Referee. On things touching pqinu 
sought to be cleared up by Mr. Saplnsky he 
was hazy or did not know, as with other wit- 
nesses. Conly said he knew Goldie PemhOTOn 
and had seen her at several meetings taking 
notes. He also said ho read the we#Wy 
etatements to the hoard of directors. :^e 
said he knew Percy Pollock, and that the 
latter had called at the office and asked jor 
Mountford, who was out. Pollock gave him 
J.’iOO, which was to he turned over to Mount- 
ford. Conly thoueht the money was for hail 
purposes. Mr. Saplnsky asked : 

Q. "Tou read the weekly statements?’’^ 

A. "Tes." 

Q.‘ "How were you Y>Icked out?’’ 

A. "I was acting In capacity of secreUry 
for two or three months before the strike. ■, 

Q. “Were financial statements read at tno 
meeting of the board of directors?* 

A "Tes." 

Q.’ "Were they the same as those read ■ to 
the memhers?’’ 

q! "Wasn’t It a fact that It 
best that the statements not be read In drtall 
beoause of fact that so-called represenUtlWs 
of- the managers would he present? 

A. "I heard that suggested, but cannot MT. 
I T 7&8 of tho opinion tliftt splos niislit ‘ D6 
present, but was not certain.” . 

o "Mnw T ask If U wasn’t a fact that 



LOEWS BEST HOUSE. 

What is agreed upon by those who 
have seen it as the best house on the 
Loew Circuit, the Metropolitan, Brook- 
lyn, opened Monday night. George 
Schenck, formerly manager of Loew’s 
Bijou, Brooklyn (now playing pictures), 
is the manager, and Harry Silverstadt 
is the leader of the 18-piece orchestra. 

The Metropolitan is hut a few blocks 
distant from_ Keeney’s, Brooklyn, 
looked upon previously as “opposition.” 
This week Keeney’s headlined its bill 
with “The Four Husbands,” an expen- 
sive vaudeville production turn. 

Monday evening, whil.e the perform- 
ance was going on, one of the usher- 
ettes, walking down a side aisle, accost- 
ed X. J. Lubin, M. Meinhold and Mark 
Levy, of the Loew staff, asking where 
Mr. Loew was seated. Informed he 
was in the first stage box on that side, 
she proceeded down the aisle. Upon 
returning, Mr. Lubin asked if she had 
located Loew. The girl replied she 
could not find him. 

“What did you want Mr. Loew for?” 
asked Mr. Lubin. 

“There are no sanitary cups in the 
water fountain,” answered the girl, 
“and I wanted to ask him what to do 
about it.” 



work in Germany or Austria. Amer- 
ican people are not allowed to even 
walk upon the streets. Over here how 
vastly different. 

I have almost aome to the conclusion 
that a preference is being shown alien 
enemy acts by the different booking 
offices. How many of them are being 
carried by tl^e Ringling and Barnum 
shows. . . 

Isn’t it a wonderful sight to walk 
into a theatre packed with the fathers, 
mothers, ifrives, sisters, brothers and 
sweethearts of the floiVer of American 
manhood, of the boys over there who 
are bleeding to death upon the already 
blood soaked battle fields of France, 
being entertained by the same swine 
whose rape of Belgium is now history. 

'These alien enemy acts are allowed 
to run around the country in perfect 
freedom, using names that do not 
sound Teutonic and telling people they 
are Belgians, Swiss, French, etc. 

Surely there are enough American 
acts to entertain the American people, 
and no manager should allow one of 
these acts to. appear before the people 
whose relatives are giving up every- 
thing. 

American, artists should take the 
matter upon their own, shoulders, if 
the managers persist in playing these 
acts. Let us Americans refuse to work 
on the bills with them. I have made 
up my mind that under no considera- 
tion or circumstances whatsoever will 
I appear upon a progralm with one of 
them from this date on. 

There is one act in particular I know 
and who advertises regularly in 
Vambtt, that made a statement he 
would cut off his arm before he would 
fight for America. Needless to say, he 
was knocked down for his remark. 

I can not believe a manager who 
plays these acts or an agent who will 
book them is pure American. 

/. C. Booth, 
(Booth and Leander.) 



TROOP MOVEMENT CLOSES HOUSE. 

New Orleans, Sept. 18. 

The “Cantonment” theatre at Hat- 
tiesburg, Miss., booked out of the 
Loew office, New York, closes tonight. 
It was originally planned and opened 
to catch the business from the ad- 
jacent cantonment territory. Troop 
movements out of Camp Shelby, how- 
ever, left the house high and dry. 

The house will probably reopen as 
soon as the camp fills up with men 
from the new draft. 



LOOKS LIKE “YIP” IS OFF. 

It looks as though “Yip, Yip, Yap- 
hank,” the^Camp Upton soldier show 
by Serg. Irving Berlin is through for 
the present, after having been one of 
the biggest hits New York ever held 
during its four weeks’ run. 

The. soldier boys with Berlin are 
back at Camp Upton this week, having 
closed the engagements last Saturday 
at the Lexington. No plans have been 
made for any future travel of the pro- 
duction. Officials from Washington 
were expected in New York to see the 
piece and give a decision on its fur- 
ther life, but the offi^ls failed to ap- 
pear. 

“Yip” played to around $70,000 at the 
Century during its first two weeks, 
and almost as much at the Lexington 
in the final two. The show is said to 
have closed to a business of $15,000 last 
Friday and Saturday, when the pro- 
ceeds for those two days were reported 
having been divided among the 300 or 
so soldiers who took part in the show. 

The net profit of the New York en- 
gagement, which was for the benefit of 
a community house at Camp Upton, is 
reported at around $100,000. 

The songs written by Mr. Berlin for 
the piece, particularly the “Y. M. C. A. 
Hut” number, are finding a large sale. 

SURATT DID IT? 

Monday with Valeska Suratt head- 
lining at the Palace, the house was 
jammed for each performance. Every- 
one who noted the heavy attendance 
that day. said “The Jewish holiday is 
doing it.” 

Tuesday the record breaking at- 
tendance was repeated, more unusual 
because of the preceding holiday 
crowds, and there was no reason, ex- 
cepting the previous day’s remark was 
changed, “It looks as though Suratt 
is doing it.” 



New York; Sept. 13. 

Editor VAMBTy; 

I have read the editorial in today’s 
Variety concerning alien enemy acts 
in this country and that they should 
not be allowed to play. 

That is all well and good, but I ask 
why this should apply to German and 
Austrian artists only and not to agents. 
There are many German agents in New 
York and they are all doing business, 
booking or managing acts, and none 
of them have American papers ; all are 
alien enemies,' 

Must we German artists with famiiip 
to support have to work as dish- 
washers or waiters to make a living 
over here while these alien enemy 
agents can continue to make their easy 
money as agents without molestation? 
One of them I know is making at least 
$20,000 a year and has been making 
that much since the war started, mak- 
ing it over here and continuing to do 
business without question following 
America’s declaration of war. 

One of these agents told me in Pans 
in July, 1914 (one month before war 
was declared), that we should leave 
France as war was certain; that he 
had been so informed by big men in 
the German army. 

When you mention German artists 
after this include German agents as 
well, when both arc alien enemies. 

Paul Setferh 



mA CONSCIENTIOUS AGENT? 

;;’m11y Markus, who does a booking 
business for vaudeville, has notified the 
management of the Olympic, Brooklyn, 
and Grand Opera House, New York, 
he isn’t going to book them any longer, 
so Markus says. 

The reason given by the agent is 
that he and the policies under which 
the theatres are operated don’t agree. 
The theatres play five acts on a split 
week Markus received $50 weekly 
from each for booking. 

If there were any other reason why 
Markus threw the hundred weekly 
away, he expertly kept it to himself. 



Clayton and White Decide to Stick. 

The dancing team of Clayton and 
White have decided not to separate 
after all and wilj remain as a fixture 
in “The Passing Show.” 

It was through the intervention of 
J. J. Shubert that the steppers agreed 
to patch up their differences. 





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Chicago, Sept. 14. 

Editor VABiBTif : 

I noticed in the Pittsburgh notes m 
VARiBTr that the Hawthorne Minstrels 
would play the Kenyon, Pittsburgh. 
This act has not been in existence since 
May, 1917. At that time the scenery, 
costumes, trunks, etc., were sold to 
Laura Booth, but not the name. 

The Hawthornes. 

(Billy and Amy.) 

Camp Sheridan, Ala., Sept. 10. 

Editor Vakiety. ^ ; . iu.. 

I am now at Camp Shendaii, in the 
Base Hospital sick, and n^ot working 
with my former partner, Franci^s. He 
is at present around Chicago and using 
my name, which I have had for the 
last ten years. Wora. 

Philadelphia, Sept. 12. 
Editor VARiBTr:, 

I wired you today, upon my return 
from the West, relative to the article in 
last week’s VABisTr concerning myself 
and the action of the Philadelphia 
-managers in raising admissions. 

The story is a canard and apparently 
the work of our opposition in an en- 
deavor to injure us and I am surprised 
that VABiETy would be a party to it. 

There is absolutely no foundation to 
the story. I never pledged myself m 
the matter, in fact, two weeks before 
the price raise was scheduled to go 
in effect, I told the members of the 
Association (theatrical managers) 1 
would not join the movement. Further, 

I told the members of the Association 
it was not an Association issue, but 
rather a neighborhood matter and upon 
this basis I stood “pat.” 

Fred G. Nixon-NirdUnger. 

MRS. JAS. CONNORS’ SEPARATION. 

Jennie Connors, through her counsel, 
Frank J. Rinaldi, has filed suit for 
separation against James Connors, in 
vaudeville. Answering to her charges, 
the defendant, through his attorneys, 
Henry J. &• Frederick E. Goldsmith, 
enters a general denial; , 

In her affidavit, the plaintiff alleges 
that since their marriage, March 26, 
1917, her husband has wilfully negl^t- 
ed, aimsed, and mistreated her. Be- 
cause she is unable to support herself, 
having been under the care of the 
physician in a hospital during the past 
five months, Mrs. Connors is emiming 
$50 weekly alimony, out of the $150 
weekly she alleges her husband says 
he earns, and counsel fees. 

When the papers were served on 
Connors early this week announcing 
the case was to come up Sept. 17, he 
wrote his attorneys, asking them to 
postpone the trial for a week or so. 
The trial is now scheduled for Sept. 24. 

Accompanying the letter, Connors 
mailed a statement from Wilmer & 
Vincent, of the Colonial, Utica, where 
he is now playing, stating his salary 
to be but. $62.50 weekly. 

POTSDAM IN BOOKING OFFICE. 

Within a short time Charles Pots- 
dam will transfer from the manager- 
ship of Loew’s American theatre, to 
the post of chief assistant to Jake 
Lubin in the Marcus Loew booking 

agency. ■ , . 

Mr. Potsdam has been at the Amer- 
ican for several years. He has grown 
to know all of the Eastern big and 
small turns. At different times he has 
produced and managed acts. It is 
said Mr. Potsdam could have received 
an agency franchise in the Loew of- 
fice, but was informed by Joe Schenck 



and Mr. Lubin they thought he could 
be of more value to the circuit in the 
booking department. 

It is possible that Eugene Meyers 
will succeed Mr. Potsdam as the Amer- 
ican’s manager. 

HEAVIER Bllir UPSTATE. 

Proctor’s, Albany arid Troy, playing 
a split week of two shows daily, is 
commencing to increase its programs 
for the. season. . 

Valeska Suratt, Stella Mayhew and 
Andrew Mack are among the future 
headlines in those towns that were 
booked this week by Arthur Blondell, 

' who is temporarily looking after the 
Proctor upstate bookings during 
Johnnie Collins’ recovery. The other 
' of the Collins houses are being cared 
for by Harry Mundorf and Charles An- 
derson (in the E. M. Robertson of- 
fice) during Mr. Collins’ absence. 

Farnum, Lewis & Gordon’s Booker. 

Ralph G. Farnum has been appointed 
general booker for Lewis & Gordon, 
following the departure of Max Gordon 
and Milton Lewis into the Service. A1 
Lewis continues as the producing and 
executive head of the firm. 

Mr. Farnum has been of late with 
Max E. Hayes’ office and was pre- 
viously with Harry Weber. 

Max Hayes is placing the sketches 
of the firm, taking those on in addition 
to his own bookings. 

Pat Garren in Charge at 23rd Street. 

H. R. Beatty is leaving the 23rd 
Street as manager arid going to war 
via the Canadian Army, with Pat Gar- 
ren looking after managerml duties 
down there. 



WHERE MUSICIANS STAND. 

Rochesfer, N. Y., Sep. 18. 

A subject of discussion among thea- 
tre men is the future of the orchestra 
in the theatres. Practically all of the 
theatrical musicians registered in the 
draft the other day, the great majority 
being under 46. Although the amuse- 
ment industry has been classified as 
essential it is feared the draft boards 
will rule that men in the orchestras are 
not essential to the industry. In fact 
it has been intimated that a number 
of musicians are already v considering 
the matter of looking up jobs in the 
munition plants. Some of them_ admit 
they may not wait for any action by 
^e local boards. 

It has been suggested that orchestras 
composed of wome.i will replace the 
men in most of the theatres. There is 
some talk of reducing picture theatre 
orchestras to one piece, a piano, and 
some radicals even go so far as to 
state that the piano ought to be an 
automatic one. It is not thought that 
such sweeping changes will go into 
effect at present. Orchestras- may be 
considerably reduced for the afternoon 
shows and enlarged at night. Many 
picture houses may struggle along in 
the afternoon with a piano, but every 
house will endeavor to have a well 
rounded orchestra in the evening. 

Several theatre men are making ef- 
forts to sign up musicians of the gent- 
ler sex. 

• 

Association Booking ItnperiaL 

Chicago, Sept. 18. 

The Imperial, St. Louis, which for- 
merly played combination shows, is 
now on the book of Charles Freeman 
(W. V. M. A.), and beginning Sept. 
23, will play week stands. 

Robert Wayne Managing Alhambra. 

Robert Wayne has succeeded Harry 
Bailey as manager of the Alhambra. 
Mr. Bailey having entered the service 
on Sunday. ■ Mr. Wayne is a former 
actor. For some time he was assistant 
to Harry T. Jordan, manager of Keith’s, 
Philadelphia, but recently assigned to 
the Keith New York office. 



WITH THE MUSIC MEN. 

Jos McCarthy and Jimmy Monaco are writ- 
ing togetner again. 

The muBlo ot "Some Night" at the Harris, 
and "Fiddlers Throe" at the Oort, is being 
published by Wltmark ft Sons. 

Robsrt Haring, tha singer, is on the Harry 
Von Tilisr stafl. 



Harry 0. Page, ot Memphis, head ot the 
Page ft Handy Co., has been in New Tork 
this week, surveying what the New York offloa 
ot the firm, lately opened, bae been doing. 

Tom Franklin, known in the cabarets, la 
now oonneoted with the Wltmark proteaeloBal 
staff. 



Amy Ashmore Clark, the llbrettlet, is in 
charge ot the new concert proleseional de- 
partment ot Artiauslo. 

Halsey K. Mohr haa traneterred his song 
allegiance trom Sbaplro-Bsrnsteln to the Joe 
Morrla staff. 

Louis Bernstein bad received up to Wed- 
nesday no confirmation ot tha report Jimmy 
Hanley had been promoted to a lieutenancy, 
although Mr. Bernstein said he would not be 
surprised to bear it by mall trom knowing 
Hanley's modesty, and also mentioned be bad 
heard was in line tor promIRdli. Mr; Bern- 
stein mentioned another ot hie tormer writing 
staff, Joe Qoodwln, who had developed Into a 
model soldier. Joe was recently in Nevr^ork 
on a lour days’ leave, the only one of bis 
regiment Just before it Bailed for France to 
receive a furlough. Joe asked permlseton ot 
his captain to apply to the colonel when the 
captain vetoed a pass through the strict ruling 
laid down. Qoodwln interviewed the colonel 
and convinced hie superior the two songs he 
had in mind must be taken down in . Now 
York or there would result a terrific loss ot 
money tor him in the future, it he came back. 
.The colonel couldn't understand what Joe was 
driving at so gave him a pass. Mr. Bernstein 
said Joe waa the best liked man in hla com- 
pany and bad refused all opportunities tor 
advancement, saying he wanted to Stick with 
the privates. He aleo sidestepped an oppor- 
tunity placed before him to be permanently 
stationed in or around New York. Joe an- 
swered be had enlisted to be a soldier 
Intended to go all the, way, right Into France. 
Borne kid, that Joe Goodwin turned out to be. 



Mrs. William Hamilton, vlce-preeldent oC 
the Navy Club at 600 ^ifth avenue, bae Issued 
an appeal for mueio tor the III and wounded 
sailors aboard tbe U. -S. Hospital Ship, 
"Mercy," now a Naval Base Hospital. Pop- 
ular songs are tbe only amusement allowed 
the patients for frequent entertainment. Rec- 
ords will also be very aooeptable. Dither 
both may be sent Mrs. Hamilton, care ot 
Club. 

Tbe JazB Band of tbe Jenkins Colored Or- 
phan Asylum recently started a fund for a 
new addition to tbe asylum by the 10 or 
12 pieces stopping in front ot tbe mueio pub- 
llsbing housea, playing their latest bit, and 
taking up the Contribution offered when tbe 
object of the visit was made known. 

The mueio houses are a bit worried over the 
draft prospects. Many ot. the firms have had 
their Btaffe depleted and their organisations 
disturbed by enlistments or calls through the 
' first draft. With the 18-46 in effeot; with 
82-86 or 87 to be first called, what the future 
win leave in the operating forces bnly tho 
future will tell, 



The final of the Animated War Song Con- 
test at tho Fifth Avenue, New York, will be 
decided nest Tuesday nigbt (Sept. 24). The 
contest is running nightly this week until 
tonight (Friday). Tho animated portion Is 
giving the song men an excellent opportunity 
of seeing the various pictures Side, by side, as 
it were, and they are .enabled to note the 
different effects the eeveral pictures have upon 
tbe audience. 



RAJAH 

Who, after three years in retirement, has returned to the stage in a new routine of 

®'‘®^JAH"re«^^^^^ drawing attention of tho critics. She is dne In 

New York at Christmas time. 



LOEW OUT OF CHARLOTTE. 

Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 18. 

The Strand, playing Loew vaudeville 
(booked only) for three weeks, dis- 
continued it this Saturday. 

The Grand opera house, South Beth- 
lehem, Pa., playing four acts on a 
split week, will start with Loew’s vau- 
deville Sept. 23. 

Burtis’ Theatres at Auction. 

Auburn, 'N. Y., Sept. 18. 

To close the estate of the_ late' Edwin 
C, Burtis, Auburn millionaire, the en- 
tire Burtis holdings will be sold at 
public auction the latter part of the 
month. 

Two Auburn playhouses are included 
in the property, Burtis Grand and Cor- 
nell theatre. 

John N. Ross, head of^he Ross 
ty Company of New York, ii executor 
of the estate. 

The Napoleon of Fandom. CHA8. ALTBOFf 





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VAUDE,VILLE 



IN THE SERVICE 



CASUALTIES. 

William F. Foun,tain, who died in ac> 
tion in France (A. E. F,) was the 
brother to Adeline Carr (“The Little 
Colleen”). 

Lou Goldberg was wounded in action 
in France, according to a cable re- 
ceived by his brother, Jack Goldberg, 
in New York. Another brother is Bert, 
also in vaudeville (booking and pro- 
ducing). The nature of Mr. Goldberg’s 
injuries was not mentioned. 

Capt. Jamea H. Morrison has been 
invalided home from Italy and will re- 
turn to “The 13th Chair” until suffi- 
ciently recovered to return to the front 
Capt. Morrison came back from Italy, 
where he fotiglilj^n the Piave front and 
was decorated oy the King of Italy. 
The'^'J^th Chair” company, of which 
Capt. Morrison is a member, has 
pledged itself to give one benefit per- 
forniance weekly this season while qn 
the road, for the Stage Women’s War 
Relief. 

Cash Slippery, from the legitimate, 
was killed in action in France Aug. 26, 
shortly after he had arrived over there 
with the Eighth Canadian Battalion, 
called “The Little Black Devils.” His 
home was in Rochester, N. Y. The 
Canadian War Office at Ottawa sent 
word there. In 1917 when playing in 
the west Mr.. Slippery applied for en- 
listment in the U. S. Army. Having but 
recently recovered at that time from 
pneumonia, fie was rejected and two 
months after, while playing in Winni- 
peg, enlisted with. the Canadian Army. 
Mr Slippery left for France early in 
August last. 



Elmer L. Bedford ^iberty Four), 
Medical Corps, Camp Greenleaf, Ga. 

Joseph Rinehart (Mutual Films), or- 
dered to Camp Dix, N. J. 

James Hanley (song writer), with the 
A. E. F., promoted to lieutenant. 

PI. R. Beatty (manager Proctor’s 23rd 
St.) has joined the Canadian army. 

Cliff Hess (composer), ordered Sept. 
18 to Camp Upton, L. I. 

Diero, the accordionist, ordered 
Sept. 9 to Camp Gordon, Ga., rejected 
Scot. 14, flat feet. 

Clarence Hibbard (blackface come- 
dian), has joined the Merchant Mar- 
ine. 

Al. Hamilton (manager, Palace, S. 
Norwalk), ordered to the Radio School, 
Pelham Bay, N. Y. 

Hal Berg, Co. 7, Detention Camp, 
Camp Kearney, Cal. 

Frank Funda (Allan Francis), or- 
dered to Camp Gordon, Ga^ 

Will Rockwell (“You’re in Love”), 
Co. 18, Batl IS, Camp Greenleaf, Ga. 

R. G. Burnett (“Kinkaid Kilties”), at- 
tached to the R. A. M. C. 

Frank Davis (Jerome H. Remick 
forces), at Camp Syracuse, N. Y. 

M. N. Bunker, Hospital Train, No. 3, 
Newport News, Va. 

Jimmy Sheer (Sheer and Darling), 
Camp Greenleaf, Ga. 

Charles A. Bittighofer, Mine Sweep- 
ing Div., Tompkinsville, S. I. 

Joe Kennedy (La France and Ken- 
nedy), rejected, defective hearing. 

Palmer Hines has been inducted into 
the military Service, unassigned as yet. 

Bert Lewis (Lewis and Leopold), or- 
dered to Camp Grant, 111. 

E. Benmosche (Roland West Prodts.), 
Camp Jackson, S. C., appointed ser- 
geant. 

Salvatore Scalia (Doherty and 
Scalia), ordered to report at Camp 
Grant. 

Ray Dean (Ray and Emma Dean), or- 
dered to report to camp at Syracuse, 
N. Y. 

Martin R. Kennedy, Camp Jackson, 



VOLUNTEER CAMP SHOWS 



[This Department has been carried weekly in Variety since we declared war. 
It has noted a list of theatrical men in the Service that seldom ran less than\ twet 
columns, and more often much beyond that.] 



Columbia, S. C., promoted to top ser- 
geant. 

Bert Rooney (picture juvenile has 
joined the army, and is in camp in the 
Pocono Mountains. 

Rube Benson, who went to Chicago 
with the “Hearts of the World,” or- 
dered to Camp Devens. 

Chauncey Monroe, Field Artillery, 
transferred to the Officers’ Training 
School, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. 

Emil Smith, a dancer, was ordered to 
Camp Dix, N. J., for limited service. 
He had been rejected previously. 

Charles Leonard Fletcher sails short- 
ly for France as hut secretary to the 
Y. M. C. A. 

William P. Connery, Jr., former man- 
ager of the Empire, Salem, Mass., 
gassed and a victim of trench fever, at 
a base hospital. ^ i 

Captain K. I. Conover, M. O., son of 

H. W. Conover, manager of the Im- 
perial, Montreal, 'is with the Forty 
Garry Horse. 

Lynn E. Miller (son of Harry Mil- 
ler, booking manager of the Acker- 
man-Harris tour), reported at Camp 
Grant. 

A. Juskowitz (manager, Columbia, 
Far Rgckaway, L. I.) ordered to the 
Limited Service Training Camp, Syra- 
cuse, N. Y. 

William Gaxton (right name Arthur 
Gaxiola) enlisted in the naval reserve 
some time ago and has been called to 
Pelham Bay. 

Paul Perry (cameraman and John 
Browne (assistant director( have left 
the Lasky west coast studio to take 
up war work. 

Jos. Hiller (Phila. representative, 
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder), ordered 
to Great Lakes Naval Training Station, 
111 . * 

George Sheer (former ipoving picture 
agent and producer, and brother of 
William A. Sheer, has joined the army 
and is in camp at Fort Hancock, Ga. 

I. Halperin (forriierly in Variety’s 
Chicago office) has been ordered to 
the officers’ training school. Camp 
Grant, Rockford, 111. 

Captain William Roddy, of the 301st 
Stevedores, now in France, is back 
with his company, after an extended 
furlough. 

Vance McManus, brother of Carrie 
McManus, of “Head Over Heels,” is, in 
the navy, and is bandmaster of one 
of the bands at the station at Goat Isl- 
and. Cal. 

Alfred F. Smith, 21st Co., 6th Train 
Batl., 157 Depot Brigade, Camp Gor- 
don, Ga., would like to Iwar from his 
brother, James J. Smith, who has been 
for some time in vaudeville (Smith and 
Kaufman). 

Rube Marquard, at present aboard a 
mine sweeper which docks at Sjaten 
Island, has been appointed to the en- 
^signs engineering school at Stevens 
Institute. Marquard is a thorough 
mechanic and is also a steam engineer. 

Clarence Hibbard (known as “The 
Blackface Sunbeam” in minstrelsy) has 
enlisted in the Merchant Marine. (The 
Merchant Marine is under the direc- 
tion of the Coast Guard and is con- 
cerned with the transport service.) 

James Loughborough (formerly of 
the Metro’s publicity corps), who went 
overseas with the 30Sth Infantry as a 
lieutenant, has been promoted to a 
captaincy. Loughborough was with 
Pershing’s troops on their recent ad- 
vance on the Vesle river in France. 

L. M. O’Connor and Edward Mor- 
rison (Lasky camerman at Holly- 
wood) have completed a course at the 
■School of Aero Photography in New 
York at Columbia and received com- 
missions in the photographic division 
of the army. 

Lieut. C. F. Mayer (“Chuck” Frank- 
lyn-Franklyn and Jones) has been 



At Pelham Bay Naval Training Sta- 
tion, Sept. 11 (U. B. .0.): Gorman 

Brothers, Mason and Gwynn, Kirk- 
smith Sisters, Olsen and Johnson, Flor- 
ence Rayfield, Al and Fanny Stedman, 
Harry Breen, George Primrose Min- 
strels. 

Thomas Egan, General Director- of 
War Camp Entertainments, has organ- 
ized’ a second Catholic Actors’ Guild ' 
Unit which appeared for the first time 
at Fort Slocum, N. Y., Sept. 12, under 
the auspices of-4he K. of C|. 

The men at the American Naval Sta- 
tion, Halifax, N. S., are making an ap- 
peal for entertainer^ to visit them on 
Sundays, particularly those who play 
the Strand, Halifax. A show was held 
at the station September 8 with Barlow 
and Flynn, Albert Peck and Joe Ma- 
guire. Acts wishing to give their ser- 
vices should, communicate with Joseph 
Daniels, American Naval Station, Hali- 
fax, N. S. 

At the Y.^ M. C. A. Hut, Montreal, 
Sept. 12 and 14; Diane and Rubini, John 
Nestor, Mr, and Mrs. O’Coare, Morton 
Bros. 

Under the auspices of the Navy and 
M^ine Recreation Centre, Philadel- 
phia, of which David R. Sablosky,. for- 
mer manager of the Globe Theatre, is 
recreation aide, the soldiers and sailors 
stationed at the Navy Yard and other 
camps in the vicinity have been enter- 
tained nightly with vaudeville shows, 
all the artists playing the city gpving 
their services. 

Under the auspices of the Stage 
Women’s War Relief entertainments 
were held at the following places dur- 
ing the past week: 

U. S. S. Arizona, Sept. 13. Mr§. Wal- 
ter Vincent,. Captain. 

Gas Defence, Astoria, Sept. 13. George 
Spink, Captain. 

Reconstruction Hospital Colonia, N. 

J., Sept. IS. Lucille La Verne, Captain. 

U. S. S. Arizona, Sept. IS. Alma Clay- 
burgh sang at Sunday service. 

Camp Dix, Sept. 16. Three-day tour 
of hospitals. Alma Clayourgh and 
Miriam Nielke. 

Minepla Hospital, Sept. 15. Mrs. 
Walter Vincent, Captain. 

Camp Raritan, N. J., Sept. 17. Mrs. 
Minnie McConnell, Captain. 

Army and Navy Club, Long Branch, 
Sept. 18. Beverly Sitgreaves and Tom 
Lewis. 

Under the auspices of the Stage 
Women’s War Relief "Penrod” will be 
given at the Globe Theatre Sunday 
night. Sept. 22, free for soldiers and 
sailors. Grace George will be chair- 
man of the occasion.' 

At the U. S. Government Hospital, 
Washington, Sept. Id: Edwin George, 
Jack';;,Wy*ff Scotch Lads and 

Lassifs, Jimmy Lucas & Co. 

The following are expected to enter 
the Liberty Loan Drive in behalf of 
Pelham Bay Training Camp: Jimmy 
Mack (Mack and Mack), Dell Chain 
(Hufford and Chain), Violini, Brazil, 
Harry Partle, Johnny Golden and 
George Schlottleer, the two last being 
pianists. 

A. J.' Parkin, a song leader who is 
visiting the Army and Navy training 
camps in the interest of the Committee 
on Training Camp Activities of Wash- 
ington, conducted the boys in singing 
at the Naval Air. Station, Cape May, 
N. J., Monday afternoon. These affairs 
will henceforth be held three timfes 
weekly. 

Raymond J. Fuller, machinist's mate, 
first class, and John Mahaffey, gunner’s 
mate, third class, attached to the Naval 



Air Station, Cape May, N. J., will sing 
for the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign 
in the Fourth District, which com- 
prises Philadelphia and vicinity. 

Following is the list of volunteers 
for the War Hospital Entertainment 
Association for the past week. 

U. S. Marine Hospital, Staten Island, 
N. Y., Sept. 12: Cony Barker, Byron 
and Vincent, Bettie Eldert, Lewis and 
Ives, Bert Hanlon; Prince and Butt. 

U. S. Army Base Hospital/ Camp 
Merritt, N. J.;"Sept. 12: Max Stanford, 
Baby Gladys, Dunnunger, Musette, 
Mack and Lynn, Rae Mann, 

U. S. A. Embarkation Hospital, No. 
3, Hoffman Island, Sept. 16: Wallace 
Bradley, Larry Meehan, Pelham Four 
— Weise, Levy, Feldman and Squires, 
Raymond Herman, Foy, Brazil and 
Adams, Jack Keller, Dell Chain, Wil- 
liam Ahearn, Downing and Violini, 
Mack and Lynn, Sidney Phillips, Jim- 
mie Fox and George Wulfing. The 
same bill being given intact on the 
same day at U. S.' General Hospital, 
Fox Hills, S. I. 

Pelham Bay Training Station, N. Y., 
Sept. 16 : Agnes Smith, Rae Mann, 
Baby Gladys, Betty Eldert, Mabel Bar- 
dino and Co., Musette, Jack and Dora 
Crisp, Willie Weston. 

U. S. Embarkation Hospital, No. 1, 
Hoboken, N. J., Sept. 17 : Fern Hollis, 
Alfred Jackson Dates and Finley Helen 
Lederer, Nora Allen and Co., Madam 
Van de Zante, Mabel and Johnnie 
Dove. : 

Aviation Field, Sept. 18: Lillian 

Bradley, Halsey Mohr and May Fields, 
Victor Moore, Dunham and Edwards, 
Beatrice Kay, Sergeant Aylen, Ethel 
Breaker, Polly Moran. 

EMPET A PRIVATE IN TANK CORPS. 

Arthur Guy Empey is back in New 
York. Empey, who won his sergeantcy 
with the Canadian troops, was commis- 
sioned a captain in the U. S. army, but 
President Wilson a few days after re- 
voked the commission through a new 
ruling that had become effective. Em- 
pey, it was stated, cast reflection upon 
the newly drafted members of the army 
in a curtain speech in a Washington 
theatre. This Empey denied. 

Empey is going back to the trenches 
as a private in the U. S. Motor Tanks 
Corps. 

Empey and one of the motor tanks 
will take an active part in the forth- 
coming Liberty Loan “drive.” 

PELHAM THEATRE HELD BACK. 

Plans for the theatre for the Pelham 
Bay Naval Training Station have not 
yet been decided on. The blue jackets 
cleaned up $40,000 with their show “Biff 
Bang” at the Century for the purpose, 
but the lowest estimate they have se- 
cured for the building of a theatre is 
$60,000. 

It is now being considered to build a 
stage with complete equipment at one 
end of the indoor drill building. Prac- 
tically the only work necessary would 
be from the proscenium arch back- 
wards, but that will cost $30,000. That 
plan has not been definitely accepted 
because of the possibility of bad 
acoustics. 

ANOTHER SAILORS' SHOW. 

Chicago, Sept. 18. 

Sailors of Great Lakes Training Sta- 
tion will stage another show, “The 
Great Lakes Revue.” The book is by 
Dave Wolff and the lyrics by James 
O’Keefe, U. S. N. These are the 
authors of “Leave it to the Sailprs,” 
which recently played to a big success 
at Chicago. 

“The Great Lakes Revue” will be 
produced at the Auditorium Sept. 30, 
for the benefit of the Navy Relief So- 
ciety and the hospital at Great Lakes. 






VAUDtVILLE 



THE SKIRT’ SAYS— 

(Speaking of Women— mostly) 

■ By THE SKIRT 



The Colonial may be short on 
audience, but it sure is long on orches- 
tra. That little band of men there 
are in Qass lA. The opening act' this 
week, the De Marcos, finds the girl 
in a stunning polo riding suit con- 
sisting of white trousers and green 
coat. There was a soft felt hat and 
white stock. Now that Pearl Regay 
has found a place in vaudeville she can 
go much higher either alone or with 
another partner. Lester Sheehan isn’t 
the foil for Miss Regay’s acrobatic 
style of dancing. And also Miss Re- 
gay is already careless in her dress- 
ing. The green metallic cloth and 
mauve skirts hangs very badly, also 
the socks could be left to her smaller 
and thinner sisters. An old fashioned 
taffeta hooped dress looked gray in the 
amber light. Miss Regay’s first dress 
‘was of peacock blue chiffon bordered 
■in silver. The skirt had one pointed 
il ounce! There was a belt of red and • 
a large hat faced in pink. This girl 
will bear .watching. 

Marcus Loew deserves niche in the 
theatrical Hall of Fame for his latest 
achievement, the Metropolitan Thea- 
tre in the heart of Brooklyn. Larger 
than the Hippodrome, and many times 
more artistic, thd act must -be very 
poor not to go. well in such sumptions 
surroundings.. Anna Case, of concert 
fame, opened' the lengthy program, 
swathed in peacock blue chiffon. The 
gown was ankle length and made in 
long straight lines. Mollie King, also 
an added attraction, was most becom- 
ingly gowned in white chiffon. The 
skirt was long and tight, making one 
wonder how Miss King would dance. 
But an opening at the back was clever- 
ly done over an accordion plaited petti- 
coat. Narrow blue velvet ribbons 
bounded the hips and be.ll sleeves. Two 
young girls of pleasing appearance are 
the Brown Sisters, in the regular bill. 
They wore white cloth kilted skirts 
with middies of white jersey .and polo 
caps with a huge pompom. The young 
woman of the Jos. E. Bernard sketch 
wore an evening frock of last year’s 
vintage. You know, the pussy-taffeta 
with puffed hips. Anna Chandler was 
in the palest of mauve taffetas. The 
tight fitting bodice accentuated her 
waist line and the skirt was short- and 
full with narrow ruchings of coral 
chiffon. She also had a poke bonnet 
and kerchief bag, 

Valeska Suratt, doing the Purple 
Poppie in the clothes of last- sea- 
son, headlines at the Palace this week. 
The chinchilla coat is still as gorgeous 
as of old with the velvet gown of pur- 
ple underneath. Miss Suratt looks 
very well even if a little stouter. 

Ruth Roye looked better after dis- 
carding an unbecoming hat. Her whjte 
lace dress had a drapery of mauve met- 
allic cloth with a short jacket trimmed 
in silver fox and faced in green. George 
White of the nimble feet has assem- 
bled a quartet " of beauties whose 
clothes border on the bizarre, but are 
costly. Dorothy St. Clair was in a 
silvery frock of mauve lined in navy 
blue. There were two front panels 
and a short cape. Lois Leigh wore 
. short blue pants with a drapery of 
cerise. A large hat was trimmed high 
with osprey. Ethel Delmar wore Turk- 
ish trousers of white chiffon banded 
in pearls. Tot Qwalters looked very 
well in a gold satin affair made with 
long trousers and a short draped skirt. 
The facing was red with bands of 
black. A new idea in a short hooped 
skirt was carried out in mauve, hav- 
ing a double skirt. A short pale green 
frock was oddly made with long 
sleeves. A short red satin frock was 
the only ordinary costume in the 



White act. The black panne velvet of- 
fice frock had a steel apron. 

Hilda Wolfus (of Williams and Wol- 
fus) so. thin it must ht ‘t, after dis- 
carding an eccentric fur dress a^eared 
in a red velvet gown made indifferent- 
ly. A large cerise hat was faced in 
purple. For the cerise and purple com- 
bination we have Miss Suratt to thank, 
but Miss Suratt threw it into the dis- 
card many months ago. 

The Boyarr Troup in Russian danc- 
ing in native costume make us won- 
der will the end .of the war sect 
changes in that style of dress. If it 
does it will be one of the many things 
to be thankful for. 

NO CHANGE IN TAX RULING. 

The ruling given out last week from 
the collector of internal revenue (“Big 
Bill’’ Edwards’ office) presents no new 
phase in admissiions taxes. The ruling 
was to the effect that all tickets sold 
but not presented at the door must 
be accounted for and the tax on them 
paid. 

This has been the procedure, (he col- 
lector’s office checking up from the 
house statements when necessary. The 
law states that the box office state- 
ment must include all tickets sold (also 
passes) and the total tax paid monthly, 
from the total box office statements. 

The ruling of last week applies to 
the sale of tickets for dances, balls 
and so forth. Some of. those affairs 
have not been accounting for tickets 
sold and not used and the collector 
seeks to bring forth the admission tax 
on the total. 

CIRCUS AT CAMPS. 

The United States Government has 
awarded the contract for putting on 
the big Liberty Circuit circus .to Perry 
& Gorman, circus promoters, of New 
York. It has long been the plan of 
the Bureau of Camp Theatrical Activ- 
ities to include a first-class circus in 
the list of attractions offered to the 
men in the various training camps. 
Among those already engaged are Cap- 
tain Schell and Lions, Drake’s Ani- 
mal Circus, Flying Herberts, Jap- 
anese Novelty Circus, Smith’s Dog 
Circus,^ Beilp Family, and 16 other at- 
tractions. 

The circus will start late in October 
on a 16 week tour comprising the 32 
theatres on. the Liberty Circuit. 

FAIRS DOING WELL 

Despite conditions, the fairs and 
especially those in the east have re- 
corded amazing attendance figures. 
Even the sn^aller of the county fairs 
this fall have fared exceptionally well. 

OKLAHOMA CITY SETTLED. 

The Oklahoma City theatrical stage 
labor matter has been cleaned up, with 
a wire received Tuesday by the New 
York I. A. T. S. E. executive that a , 
satisfactory settlement was reached. 

Oklahoma City came in for its share 
of attention when the White Rats 
were having their strike troubles, O. 
C. for some weeks being the battle- 
ground of the Rats. 

Failed to Register. 

Lowell, Mass., Sept. 8. 

John J. May, an employee of Bar- 
num & Bailey Circus was arrested here 
for failure to register last Thursday. 
He is 35 years of age. 

This was the first arrest under the 
new registration law. 

Another ''Mutt ft Jeff.” 

Gus Hill is organizing a fifth “Mutt 
and Jeff” company, which opens at the 
Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 
Oct. 14. 



NC^OLK’S LIRERTY THEATRE. 

Norfolk, Vr., Sept. 18. 

The city has the distinction of pos- 
sessing the first Liberty Theatre within 
city confines and the house is the first 
one jointly designed for the exclusive 
entertainment of sailors and soldiers. 
The new house, an unused armory, 
opens tomorrow • night with “Nothing 
But The Truth.” Norfolk has 225,000 
men in camp and aboar.^ships. Secre- 
tary Baker and Secretary Daniels ap- 
pealed to the 'mayor to secure some 
building for the men’s use. Admiral 
McLeary appeared before the city 
council aqd permission to use the ar- 
mory was granted. I?ive sailors were 
detailed to assist Edward M. McWil- 
liams (known in vaudeville as Jim Mc- 
Williams) _ to make the peeded altera- 
tions. 

The new Liberty Theatre seats 3,000. 
There is a balcony and ample dressing 
rooms. It was remodeled at a total 
cost of $2,200. Donation of apparatus 
and material were made by merchants 
and others. Admission is 15-25c. 

Norfolk is bofh a military and nayal 
base. t 

CARNIVAL WOMAN ACQUITTED. 

Paris, Ky., Sept. 18. 

After she had proved that she had 
been attacked by Near Parker, of Paris, 
before she shot and killed him, Mrs. 
Pauline Fleeman, an^attache of a car- 
nival company which showed at Baris, 
recently, was acquitted at her examin- 
ing trial before County Judge George 
Batterton. 

PLIMMER PICKS UP THREE. 

Walter J. Plimmer has added three 
houses to his bool^ his string now 
numbering' 19 in all (not counting the 
John H. McCarrqn houses. The addi- 
tions are the Olympic, Brooklyn; Park, 
Utica, and Cataract, Niagara Falls. 

The'^Utica house was recently taken 
over by the Goldstein Brothers, of 
Springfield, who control five theatres 
in Massachusetts, supplied through the 
Loew office. The Park opens with the 
new booking next Monday, with 
Charles E. Faust (formerly manager *of 
Poll’s, Waterbury, Conn.). The Olym- 
pic, Brooklyn, was formerly booked 
through the U. B, 0. 

Mr. Plimmer is now also handling 
the Sunday concerts at the Olympic, 
New York, and the Holyoke Theatre, 
Holyoke, Mass., which plays stock dur- 
ing the week. 

SOUSA’S WEDDING MARCH. 

John Phillip Sousa has at last made 
it possible for the words “made in 
America” to be placed afttr the wed- 
ding march. The familiar Lohengrin 
tune is of German origin, so the band- 
master-composer has composed an 
“American Wedding March,” which 
will be published shortly. 

Musical critics say that it surpasses 
the other two standard wedding 
marches in excellence. 

STOCK IN WILSON. 

Chicago, Sept. 18. 

Mrs. Mitchell Licalzi, widow of the 
late manager of the Wilson^ Avenue 
theatre, after a conference with Wal- 
ter Buhl, acting manager of the house, 
decided on the policy of the house. 
For the present— until Christmas, at 
least — the house will continue playing 
stock, with Olive Templeton as the 
leading woman. 

May Ward’s Own Camp Show. 

May Ward heads her own company, 
starting over the cantonments] Sept. 
23, with the first date the Liberty, 
Camp Devens, Mass. 

The attraction is a musical comedy 
called “A Night on Broadway,” the old 
Murray and Mack piece. There are 
to be twelve girls in the chorus with 
the cast in addition having Jack Jen- 
nings, Jack Collins, Al. Rogers, Joe 
Hillard, W. I. Clark, Ed. Emerson, Eli- 
nore Young, Josephine-. Saunders. 



ILL AND INJURED. 

Iden Payne was taken to the Flush- 
ing (L. I.) Hospital, Sept. 12 and oper- 
ated upon for appendicitis. He is fe- 
covering. 

B.ob Conkey (Dunro;;f’s Show World) 
is out of the. hospital, recovering from 
injuries sustained in an accident Ust 
week. 

-George Davis is in Bellevue Hospital, 
New York, treated for injuries about 
visiting friends on 
West 46th street and fell down stairs, 
Grace Sachs YBilly Watson’s “E|e«i 
Trust ) was taken ill on the way to 
ioronto last' week, and is now con- 
fined to her hotel in care of a physi- 
cian. 

Kathryn McConnell (song and dance 
revue) is suffering from a nervous 
breakdown. She will be pdnfinl^ to 
her home m New York, for at least a 
month. , ^ 

Mary Asquith, the play broker, ser^ 
lously injured two years ago and cOn- 
fined to her home ever since, is now 
aWe to make occasional visits to Imr 
office. . 

Peggy Podols, private secretary to 
Charles Freeman (W. V. M. A.) was 
run down by an automobile last Sat- 
urday. Both limbs were fractured. 
Miss Podols was taken to the West 
Suburban Hospital. 

Dixie Norton (Norton and Melnotte) 
tripped over some steps last week, in- 
juring her ankle. The girls had to 
cancel the Majestic, Chicago, thi? 
week, returning to New York, awaiting 
Miss Norton 8 recovery, r 

John J. Collins is at the Knicker-''^ 
bocker Hospital, 131st street and Am- 
sterdam avenue, with some severe 
bruises, but no bones broken, asui re- 
sult of an automobile accident Wed- 
nesday night last week. Mr. Collins, 
alone in his car, was driving along 
Central Park West. At lOStj) street, 
the steering gear broke, and the car 
ran against a lamp post. Mr. Collins 
expects to leave ^ the hospitajl within 
JQ days, though the physicians are of 
the opinion he may be there longer. 

IN AND OUT. 

Colonial program^ changes had Miss- 
Merle and Co., and the- Kirksmith 
bisters out this week, with the De- 
macos replacing the former and Collins 
and Hart the latter. 

The Flemings could not open at the 
Orpheum, New Orleans, this week, 
through a Draft call. Pope and Uiu> 
were impressed into the bill, booked 
ffom the Chicago office of the Orpheum 
Circuit. 

When Serg. Victor Gordon^ was 
. obliged to le^e the Arcade, Jackson^ 
ville, bill last Friday, Miss Marshall, of 
Wayne and Marshall, filled in the va- 
cancy by doing a single turn. The dou- 
ble act also appeared on the samd pro- 
gram. 

Dugan and Rayilood did not open at 
the Ffth Ave., Thursday. One of the 
crates holding the act’s prop auto 
was not off the sidewalk at 11 a. m. ' 
Dugan registered a complaint, Later 
in opening the crate he slammed the 
cover back, striking ]the property mail 
the leg, the latter letting out a 
yell. Billy Quaid, who was.back stage, 
requested Dugan to be more careful 
and quiet. Dugan remarked he’d quit. 
Mr. Quaid agreed. 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

Tyrone Power, "The Little Brother.” 

Forreat Wlniint, “Some Night." 

George Hnreourt, "Mnytlme." 

Joseph Creban, Bmerson Players, Lowell. 
Mass. 

Elmer Thompson, Empiro Stock, Lowell, 
Mass. 

Yvonne Garrick, to Beeman Players, Or- 
pheum Theatre, Montreal. 

Colin Campbell, "The Better ’Ole," at the 
Oreenwlch Theatre, by The Coburns. 

Ralph Bunker, by Weber & Anderaon, for 
the Erneet Truex part In "The Very Idea." 

Ann M’Donald, Herbert Raneome, Tbomaa 
Collin Cooke, to support Bertha Kallob in "The 
Riddle Woman." 



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FOLLIES OF THE DAY. 

Rnrner Gerard has produced an entirely nw 
“fS oI the Day” for 1W8. retaining the 
o»v 1 a of last your’fl show, which was a d6« 
partura from recognized burlesatie offerings 

•“Wy* off the title of the cur- 

rent Piece, and as Its name suggeate, It is a 

tttiriAHoiie on a groiiif of last years Broadway 
McSs/^et wSon Mr. Gerard chose tor 
hlB travesties a number of 
hits a number of seasons before, but Polly s 
GolDK Up" brings hlB burlesques more up to 
►ho mimito As In HUT, much la dependent 
Spon the comics for laughs *'®thor than the 
Uavestles themselves. Harry Welsh, one of 
fhfl BiiDDerlest*footed men In burlesque, ha 
succMded X^^ P- Murphy, and Is teamed 
with the elongated Chester Nelson, retaUed 
from last season, as Is Gertrude Hayes, they 
being the three featured members. _ 

Three shows are travestied, Polly 
Past" "Going Up" and "Chu Chin Chow. As 
for the first named, Miss Hayes Is «l»en the 
name of "Polly Ina Bayes," who Is "sired by 

Belasco and hired by Cohan," but there t® 
attempt to burlesque the play Itself. 
to "Going Up,” several features of that sue 
oesB (still current In New York) are selected, 
and tniest to the piece Itself Is the reading ot 

telegrams while the supposed that 

However. Cohan & Harris need not fear that 
My of their fun has been lifted. ®**“,5i'**“ 
Chow" serves as an oriental scene, with a 
character In It called "Chew Chow Chow. 
This person. Miss Hayes, In the f®'® 
"fiuratt " explains there are forty thieves 
with hlin and he Is really known as Hltohy 

^%e various scenes provided the h’J'eu'to for 
fun by Nelson and Welsh. Nelson shades hjs 
partner, carrying his rube 
which Is a plppen— throughout. To him It 
seemed was given most of the meat in the 
way of lines, or else he worked >? 
his own material. In a bit In one witn 
Welsh, when both were supposed to race In 
airplanes, he ventured "no airships f°f “I"®, j 
they are like poison: one drop and Its all 
over." His scheme of spelling potatoes with 
eight O's is a "darb.’’ Nelson s extremely 
funny makeup led Welsh to b®? ‘hat.he.was 
"a Malden’s last prayer.” The line hs®!* 
very old, but so well worked up that the 
house had a hlg laugh. Welsh does Hebrew 
and gets much out of his peculiar way of 
sliding about the stage. The men make a 
corking comedy team and work unusually well 

^TheThow Isn’t strong In musical numbers 
nor voices. This fact Mr. Gerard certamiy 
recognlxed, for In the second act about halt 
way through there was Introduced a sonfestress 
In tbe peraon of Blsa May, who made no other 
appearance. She did well enough with an 
operatic number and "Smiles,” the latter wor* 
Ing The vocal section was concentratea at 
this point for a male quartet, consisting of 
Welsh, Nelson, Sam Green, Tom Duffy, and 
AI Smith pushed over a hit. Harmony was not 
trusted to, the comedy of the numbers doing 
the trick. However, Smith’s yodeling counted 
for much, that being about the ma^n straight 
Boni effort ot the quintet. In addition. Smith 
handled a number of bits well. Nelson handled 
a steel guitar Just before the show was over. 
He played at 11 o’clock Tuesday night, and 
had that specialty In which he was assisted 
by Duffy been on earlier. It might have gone 
over much stronger. The latter portion of 
the show can stand speeding at that. Two 
or more comedy bits could he separated, and 
one placed earlier, for the action was delayed. 
Another thing that can stand shortening Is the 
song efforts of Andy Barer, who sang no 
less than five old time melodies from the pit, 
that being his contribution to the vocal sec- 
tion. Andy has a tenor voice, and not bad 
coming from a leader, but had he stopped after 
bis third Bong he would have quit a blggor 

The^roducflon Is of high grade, four full- 
stage sets and two scenes In 
haps the most effective Interior Is Peacock 
Alley,” used for the finish. The lifting Is 
well carried out In a bright way. Costumes 
have not been overlooked and the choristers 
generally present a pleasing appearance. There 
Is no regular chorus number, although seme 
of the girls have dance bits In one of Miss 
Hayes’ songs, and several others have spe- 
olaltles here and there. Among the latter are 
Mildred Uaurle. Gertrude Saflln and P^llne 
Harer. The oast Includes Maybelle Courtney, 
she having little to do, and Del 
Duvall; the latter have several numbers and 
a specialty dance. 

"Polly’s Going Up” Is primarily a comedy 
show, and, as such, Is bound to draw thetn In. 
The Columbia, Tuesday nieht. wns pearly a 
sell-out, which speaks well In light of the 
young eeasonSs early reports. Also, its a 
lively show. Everybody seems to do a wee 
bit of the "shimmy,” and burlesque audiences 
' will never get sore at that. loee. 

PARISIAN FLIRTS. 

Bo that the audience might understand why 
Charlie Robinson’s "Parisian Flirts carries 
a number of men presumably In the now draft 
age Robinson had the following lines on h s 
program when the show was at the Olympic 
last week: "Every male member of Parisian 
Flirt Co. has filled all obligations In respect 
to military service.” 

Robinson’s contribution to the American 
board this season Is a two-part affair, the first 
entitled “The Wild Tjovers,” and the second 
"The Island of Bull.” Robinson appears dur- 
ing the periods In a monolog as a big, burly, 
overdressed tramp, and In the last Besslou 
working as the King of Booze Island. Al. 
Ravmo Is still there, and on his shoulders Is 
Placed much of the comedy byplay of the 
opening, with Raymo working ae a wop 



throughout, his second bait makeup being of 
the banditry typo, which seemingly was more 
relished In the fun-makldg sense than .his 
“bits” St the opening as the hand-organ man 
with a man-sized monkey Imitated by Marlon 
Benson. 

In past seasons there has always been an 
elements of the “raw” and the "blue” In a 
"Parisian Flirt” porformaace, and this year 
is no exception; There are several that fairly 
sizzled in point of suggestiveness, especially 
in the bathing beach bouse conversation. 

While Robinson has made efforts to improve 
his show In more ways than one, the entire 
production could stand rearrangement in some 
of the departments that would greately 
strengthen it. There Isn’t a male voice and 
not a male who can dance or do anything 
beyond talk. Robinson did pretty well with 
hts parodies In hie monolog. 

The chorus doesn't seem overworked, with a 
sort of Texas Tommy skip and pat that stood 
the girls in good stead throughout. The 
Olympic audience didn't applaud any of the 
ensemble numbers to any extent. A double 
singing number by May Bernhardt and Jerry 
Flemming got the most. 

Hal Groves as a "tad" and then a wild and 
woolly bad man, did what he could with thank- 
less lines. Fred Slgel and BJlIy Clark bad 
little to do in so far as comedy was con- 
cernod. Clark handling the "straight” without 
attempting anything that looked like a spe- 
cialty. ’That Jocko impersonation was a chance 
for a monkey "bit” that was left untouched, 
perhaps due to Benson's unfamUiarity with 
the characteristics of the street monk. 

The women are headed by Miss Bernhardt, 
with the show for several seasons, with her 
male characterizations given the usual atten- 
tion, Miss Bernhardt has personality and 
dominates the feminine end completely, with 
two others of the female princlijals having 
numbers that enabled them to show some new 
outfits. These were Jerry Plemmlug, a pert, 
plump, vivacious soubrette, and Freda Lehr, a 
shapely principal, both with the Robinson 
forces last season. Among the newcomers Is 
Hallle Randolph, and she put forth every 
effort to make her work stand out, her voice 
holding Its own with It being stamped perhaps' 
the "voice” of the feminine row. 

Sixteen girls, with the broiler tsrpe predom- 
inating, loomed up most ‘advantageously In 
the bathing suit number, with the varl-colored 
outfits at the last also making a nice "flash.’ 
The finale of the first part swung Into war- 
"Tlme tempo. . 

Robinson’s monolog showed up the lack of 
comedy in the first part, and there was a 
striking difference wHen he also got into the 
principal dialog In the closing period. 

It’s not a bad show, but It could be bright- 
ened, the girls given more work to do, the pink 
tight color scheme more varied, the men In- 
strncted to take up the cues faster, apd soft 
pedal placed on several of the suggestive lines 
that are dirty In every phase of construction 
and Intent. 

Scenlcally "Parisian Flirts” measures up 
well and there Is no pointed complaint against 
the costuming once the pink-legged Idea Isn't 
overdone. Mark. 

' YOUNGSTOWN INJUNCTION. 

Youngstown, 0., Sept. 18. 

The Park Theatre, through its own- 
ers, Feiber & Shea, has secured a U. S. 
Circuit Court restraining order pre- 
venting the local authorities from in- 
terfering with the burlesque attrac- 
tions at that theatre. 

The mayor, elected on a reform 
ticket, last season objected to the 
American Wheel shows, stating at that 
time he thought Youngstown should 
have the Columbia Wheel attractions. 
According!/ Feiber & Shea arranged 
for the Columbia shows to appear at 
• the Park this season, which they have 
done. Some days ago the mayor came 
out against the Park and its policy. 
Feiber & Shea, nettled and irritated, 
secured the injunction, which will be 
argued in Cleveland. 

It is not locally anticipated the mayor 
will press the pro.ceedings. He is the 
only one in town as far as known 
who sees any reason why the Colum- 
bia shows should not play here. 



NEW BOOKING ARRANGEMENT. 

The American Burlesque Association 
has confirmed a booking arrangement 
whereby there is a readjustment of the 
time following the Monday and Tues- 
day engagement in Wheeling, W. Va. 

As now laid out the shows, play the 
opera house, Newcastle, Pa.; Wednes- 
day; Lyceum, Beaver Falls, Pa., Thurs- 
day, and the Opera House, Canton, 0., 
Friday and Saturday. 

The Casino, Chester, not ready at 
the opening of the new burlesque sea- 
son, is now playing its regularly sched- 
uled shows. 

DUNBARS QUIT SHOW. 

Turner and Dolly Dunbar are sever- 
ing connections with the "Million Dol- 
lar Dolls,” with Charles Mac and a new 
soubrette replacing them. 



THE KAISER IN HELL 

ByBERTMERKET 

The Devil one day calledl his imps> bo they say, 

And proceeded to tell ■with elation, . . • . 

That his very Dear Friend from Berlin did intend 
To come for a little vacation. 

And he wanted each one to prepare for the Him 
By devising some hellish reception, . _ ,. 

Such as jabbing great holes into poor souls. 

Or the practice of fiendish deception. 

When the Friend from Berlin was at last ushered in 
To the seat of Satanic Dominion, ' 

There were wails and moans, unearthly tones, 

And the Devil expressed the opinion, . . , . , 

That of all the “damned” plays he had staged m his days. 
This one was the cream of perfection, . . • 

And he turned with delight to his Friend on his right; 

But the Friend bore an air of dejection. 

He said, "Listen, Sate, you can brag, you can prate 
Of being a ‘hell of a fellow,’ 

.You’re a Master, 1 know, but you’ve ruined your jhow 
By exposing a broad streak of ‘yellow.’ 

It’s a pity, old dear, that 1 wasn’t here 
To give you some points on production. 

Such as cutting the tongue out of innocent young. 

Of rape and of hellish abduction.” 

. Then he went on to tell of his own little hell. 

And of tortures that he had propounded; 

'Tie laughed at the plight of the Belgians in flight, 

TUI the Devil war truly astounded. 

He’d strut and he’d stalk, he would bellow and talk, 

With a. mien that was. far from retiring. 

Then blowing his nose and striking a pose. 

He uttered these words most inspiring— 

“1 have given command to cut off the hand 
Of every man’s son that is captured, ^ 

And to bayonet a child and then watch them piled 
In heaps, makes me truly enraptured. 

I grow wild with with delight at the gruesome sight 
Of bodies that are mutilated. 

It’s one of my whims to cut off the limbs 
Of babies newly created. 

The Devil arose from his seat of repose. 

And he thanked the oid butcher for calling; 

But the language he used and the way he abused 
His very dear Friend was appalling. 

He bent to the ground with a gesture profound— 

The imps started madly to scurry — 

He yelled, "You disgrace a respectable place. 

Get the hell out of here, in a hurry.” 



OTrBURTON, YONKERS, CLOSED. 

When the “ghost” fell down at the 
Warburton, Yonkers, N. Y., where bur- 
lesque stock was operating, the com- 
pany headed by Leo Stevens, comedian, 
balked at opening the Saturday night 
performance unless salaries were forth- 
coming. Stevens was paid $25 cash, 
with the promise of the balance after 
the first act. 

The curtain was held 25 minutes and 
when the players were ready to re- 
sume, the musicians had walked out. 
Efforts to locate the manager around 
the house failed. The audience becom- 
ing tired of the wait, went outside and 
demanded back its admission money. 
1||ie girl in the ticket booth became 
excited and fainted. 



HARRY DIXON’S BOAST. 

Henry Dixon, he of the gentle voice, 
was bragging along Broadway this 
week that when his revue lately played 
Boston, not a line was eliminated by 
the censors. That surprised even Hank 
himself. 

Mickey Levan, who was barred from 
Boston burlesque! last season, appeared 
with the show. 

BURLESQUE CHANGES. 

Danny Murphy, Mittie DeVere and 
Bessie Rosa joined the “Innocent 
Maids” this week. / 

Marty Collins with the “Jolly Girls,” 
replacing Ben Dobson. 

Charles Van Austen has left “Cheer 
Up America,” with Leo Hayes assum- 



MARRIAGES. 

Beulah Booker (Paralta Pictures) to 
Kenneth O’Hara, Aviation Corps, in 
Los Angeles, last week. 

Carol Brown (Brownie Carroll) to 
Harry Winslow COnaut (non-profes- 
sional) at Rochester, N. Y., July 10. 

Helen Keane, chief telephone oper- 
ator at the Hippodrome to Edgar Kelly, 
Municipal Building, New York, Sept. 
12 . 

Hazel Brennan, said to be a daughter 
of James Brennan, formerly of the 
Fuller-Brennan Vaudeville Circuit of 
Australia, and who appeared recently 
in musical comedy at the Alcazar, San 
Francisco, was married last week on 
the Coast to Frank Gondor, a New 
York business man. 

BIRTHS. 

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Fitzgibbon, at 
their home in New York, Sept. 7, son. 

Mr. and Mrs. Cavanaugh (Ruth 
Tompkins) at their home in Cleveland, 
Sept, 14, daughter. 

Mr. and Mrs. George Mack, at their 
home in Cleveland, Sept. 3, daughter. 
The mother is professionally known as 
Mildred Dean. 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. McNorton 
(Cecil and Mac) at their home in San 
Diego, Cal., Aug. 24, son, Cecil and 
Mac were in vaudeville. Joseph Mc- 
Norton, a brother, formerly in the act, 
is now with the 301st Regiment in 
France. 

It(6dUCT1I^ ENGAGEMENTS. 

Ernest Marini and Dorothy Smoller, 
dancers, added to “Head Over Heels” at 
the Cohan, Sept. 13. 










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VoLLII. Ho.4 

Walter ji lpliminer is boolcing, Harry 
Traub’s Olympic, Brooklyn, playing six 
acts. 

Joe Willard (“Alabama Coon”) has 
changed his name to Joe Worth. 

The Cohen theatres at Newburgh 
and Poughkeepsie, N. Y., are playing 
five acts on a, split week. 

Max L. Rich, professional manager 
of the Douglas-Newman company, has 
joined the professional staff of Stern's. 

The Frairs gave a dinner to Jack Lait 
last^night (Thursday) at the Monas- 
tery. 

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Laurie have loaded 
their new son with the name of Joseph 
Bryant Hughes Laurie. 

The Central Theatre at 47th and 
Broadway is being managed by Walter 
Rowland. The box ofiice is in charge 
of women. 

On Yom Kippur Al. Jolson bet $12,- 
000 on a horse at 2-1 and cashed. He 
is said to be some $70,000 ahead of the 
ponies since last summer. 

Stock companies in the camps, where 
the latter are in isolated sections, will 
be taken charge of by George Sargent 
in the west and Harry Lpreh in the 
east. 

The Stage Women’s War Relief, 366 
Fifth avenue. New York, is seeking 
Margaret Carrie Allen, or Carrie Mar- 
garet Allen, a dancer. They have news 
of interest for her from France. 

Mer^l Prince and Girls were obliged 
to open at Loew’s, Montreal, last Mon- 
day in their street clothes, their trunks 
^.being delayed between Buffalo and 
Montreal. 

“The Man They Left Behind" is the 
title of a new drama presented for the 
first time on Monday night in New 
Haven. Arthur C. Howard is sponsor 
for it. 

A trunk belonging to Pauline Price 
was taken from the basement of the 
Irvington Hall Apartments, 355 W. 51st 
street, Work, by mistake. The 
person having it may address Miss 
Price, in care of VabibtY, New York. 

Mr. Fradkin (Fradkin and Jean Tell) 
corrects the report of his appointment 
as conductor pf the Boston Symphony 
Orchestra to that of having been com- 
missioned concert-master of the or- 
ganization. 

The Colonial, Erie, Pa., booked by the 
United Booking Offices, is the only 
house how there playing regular vaude- 
ville. The Majestic, last season booked 
through the Loew Circuit, has taken 
up another policy. 

Louis K. Sidney, who has_ managed 
the Jamaica Theatre for William Fox 



since it opened, has resigned. Sidney, 
if he quits the Jamaica post, may go 
with one of Fox's other theatrical in- 
teresjts. 

Charles E. Chapin, managing editor 
of the Evening World, who on Monday 
afternoon killed his wife, was once in 
vaudeville, doing a turn with his wife. 
His first newspaper work was with the 
Chicago Tribune some 30 years ago. 

Frank Gorriuge, for many years a 
partner in Daw's Steamship Agency of 
Green street, Leicester square, London, 
has taken over the business. The new 
title of the firm will be Gorringe’s 
shipping and American News Agency. 

The Owl, Lowell, Mass., under the 
management of R. S. Averill, which 
opened the season with pictures, has 
changed its policy to split week vaude- 
ville. The Eastern Amusement Co. will 
do the booking. 

Carlotta Monterey^ featured several 
seasons ago on the road in “The Bird 
of Paradise” and then retired, has re- 
turned to the stage. She is appearing 
in “Mr. Barnum,’’^ playing the role or 
the jealous circus rider. 

Lester Seger, formerly assistant 
treasurer at the Winter Garden, until 
he lost a leg in a Brooklyn “L” acci- 
dent, is now treasurer of the Bijou, ^ 
replacing Herman Light „ who is in the 
Navy. 

The Treasury Dept, has sent put a 
notice warning Liberty Bond holders 
against exchanging their bonds for 
stocks and bonds of various “wildcat" 
corporations, with face value larger, 
hut whose actual value is little or noth- 
ing. 

The reports that Octavie Belley who 
sings in “Peddlers Three” at the Cort 
under the name _ of ,Tavie_ Beige is of 
German nationality is denied by Pierre 
Mati, the Belgian Consul, vvho states 
, he knevv the young woman and her 
parents in Belgium. 

The San Francisco union matters 
with the theatres was settled with the 
men agreeing to 56 hours weekly in- 
stead of the former 48, while the man- 
agers raised wages to $45, with de- 
partmental heads securing a propor- 
tionate advance. 

On one of the midnig^ht roof gardens 
the other evening while some come- 
dians were on the floor, a man in the 
audience called out, “Why-are you not 
in uniform?” It caused some commo- 
tion and the disturber, together with 
a friend, were ejected. 

“A Daughter of the Sun," which 
Ralph Kettering wrote and which 
toured the erstwhile International Cir- 
cuit, has been put together for an in- 
dependent road tour, eastern bookings 
now being made by the western men 
sponsoring the show. 

Thomas Whalen, n deputy license in- 
spector during the Mitchel regime, and 
retained in the Commissioner of Li- 
censes’ office under Jhe new city ad- 
ministration, is looking up the theat- 
rical offices around Times square for 
the new commissioner. 

Another new war song is coming di- 
rect from the trenches. It is called 
“Chateau Thierry,” by William A. Wil- 
ander, Brooklyn, who was with the 
U. S. troops when they captured that 
point. It’s a typical war song, with 
an “on to Berlin” lyrical phrasing. 

Mrs. Bert Levy is awaiting passports 
prior to sailing for England to be at 
the grave of her son, recently killed 
while a member of the Royal Flying 
Corps. The Privvy Coundllor of the 
King of England has written Mr. 
(Bert) and Mrs. Levy regarding their 
boy. 



The Princess, San Antonio, playing 
vaudevUle for five years past, booked 
by the Interstate Circuit, is now play- 
ing musical comedy stock with a Wool- 
folk company of 32 people engaged for 
13 weeks. The Interstate is booking 
only its own house. Majestic, at pres- 
ent. 

Harold Williams, who has been^ a 
general organizer on the executive - 
‘staff of the I. A. T. S. E. for some 
months past, has resigned, with no suc- 
cessor yet appointed. Williains, prior 
to taking up the organizing job was 
one of the executives of local 310, N. 
Y. M. P. Q. . . 

“The Ballet Claasique" people are re- 
ported to have been. left in the mid- 
dle west Sept. 7 without salary or 
transportation, through the manager 
departing without notice. The act was 
engaged to play fairs- for four weeks 
at $700 weekly. He left on the last 
day of the fourth week. There were 
10 in the act. 

At a rsK:.ent meeting of the Flay- 
wrigha’s Club the following officers 
were elected : Robert Stoddard, presi- 
dent; Gustav Blum, director , of the 
East-West Player«,_ first vice-presi- 
dent; Tadema Bussiere, second vice- 
president; Leo Siedman, secretary- 
treasurer; Miss E. Feme Hague, re- 
cording secretary; Robert L. Beecher, 
general press representative. 

Mrs. Basil Clarke, known as the 
“modern Paul Revere," is now oh the 
staff of speakers connected with the 
Commission on Training Camp Activi- 
ties. The speakers are under the 
direction of D. W. Travers, the com- 
mission’s publicity head. Mrs'. Clarke 
recently returned from Belgium, where 
her husband’s property had long ago 
been confiscated by the Huns. 

"Tell Thai tOLthe Marines” was orig- 
inally a war picture slogan used by 
James Montgomery Flagg in painting a 
poster designed to boom marine re- 
cruiting, but it has now reached the 
stage, with a production underlined by 
Adolf Philipp for the new season .at 
the Yorkville. Philipp and Edward 
A. Faulton have collaborated upon the 
“Marine” show which will be produced 
next month. 

Frank Whitbeck, manager of Poli’s, 
Scranton, Pa., has resigned, having 
been appointed a Y. M. C. A. hut sec- 
retary going to France. He will be 
replaced at Scranton by John Mc- 
Carthy of the Plaza, Bridgeport, also 
a Poli theatre, while Mr. McCarthy’s 
brother, Jstmes, now assistant manager 
of Poli’s in Bridgeport, will move over 
to take charge of the Plaza. (Alonzo 
wanted to bet that that would be mixed 
up when it came out in type.) 

Bertha Kalich and her company, 
through the courtesy of Oliver Moros- 
co, wilLgive a full dress rehearsal of 
the Charlotte E. Wells-Dorothy Don- 
nelly drama, “The Riddle Woman,” on 
the stage of the Morosco to-day (Fri- 
day). The complete cast includes 
Robert Edeson, A. E. Anson, Albert 
Bruning, Ann MacDonald, Frances 
Carson, Beatrice Allen, Beatrice Miller, 
Betty Bouton and Herbert Ransome. 
^Next week, this attraction will be pre- 
'sented by George Mooser at the 
Belasco Theatre, Washington, and on 
Oct. 8, the New York engagement will 
begin. 

A former American soldier, Corporal 
Bittner, is no longer with the William 
Shilling act, "On the Western Front,” 
Bittner having twice failed to appear 
for performances, once while the act 
was playing Baltimore and again when 
the turn reached Washington, with 
Shilling forced to substitute another 
man. Bittner is not an actor, but Shill- 
ing in framing the offering engaged 
a number of real soldiers. 



VOLUNTEERS' 
OVER THERE], 

Vabihtt Will Maintain a Permanent 
List of Artists Who Have Gone 
Overseas as Members of America’s 
Over There Theatre League Units 
to Entertain the American Expe- 
ditionary Forces In France. Ad- 
ditions to the List Will Be Made 
After Each Succeeding Unit Sails. 
The Name of Teams are Printed 
First, Followed by Individuals in 
.Alphabetical Order. 

Recent Departures Are Indicated by 
After Names. 

IRENE FRANKLIN and ~ 
BURTON GREEN 
WILL CRESSY and 
BLANCHE DAYNE 
TONY HUNTING and 
CORINNE FRANCES 
JAMES F. KELLY and 
EMMA POLLOCK 
HORACE WRIGHT and 
RENE DIETRICH 
JOHNNY CANTWELL and 
RETA WALKER 
HENRY MARCUS and 
ERMIEN WHITELL^ 

MARY McFARLANC^and 
MARIE McFarland 
MABELLE ADAMS* 

HARRY ADLER 
MAUDE ALLEN* 

NELLA ALLEN 
ALFRED ARMAND 
LUCIE BABCOCK* 
VERABARSTOW* 

GEORGE BOTSFORD 
ELIZABETH BRICE 
MARY CAMERON* 

LOUISE CARLYLE 
BESSIE CARRETT 
HOWARD T. COLLINS 
JACK COOK 
KATE CONDON 
HELENE DAVIS 
DOROTHY DONNELLY* 

LEO DONNELLY 
MILDRED EVANS* 

„ AMPERITO FARRAR 
MRSv FARRAR 
MADELINE GLYNN, 

HELEN GOFF 
WILLIAM GOULD 
THOMAS J. GRAY 
GILBERT GREGORY 
GRACE HENRY* 

AMY HORTON 
WILL J. KENNEDY 
DAVID LERNER 
DANIEL C. MelVOR 
LIDA McMillan* 

EDWARD MARSHALL 
MARGARET MAYO 
LOIS MEREDITH 
GEORGE AUSTIN MOORE 
WILL MORRISSEY 
PATRICIA O’CONNOR* 

HAL PEARSON 
PAULA SHERMAN 
BERT SNOW* 

HENRY SOUVAINE 
RAYMOND WALKER 
INEZ WILSON 

Samuel Shipman bought two seats 
for Monday night’s performance of 
“Friendly Enemies,” which he wrote 
with Aaron Hoffman, Davef Newman 
the ticket broker charging the writer 
the regular price of $4 per ticket. New- 
man was surprised when Shipman 
“kicked in” at the heavy premium and 
remarked that Samuel was his idea of a 
“real author." Shipman said he could 
have obtained two seats from Martin 
Herthan, but that he wanted to give 
the “boys” a chance, meaning the 
“specs.” Sammy’s generosity was su- 
perinduced through having been taught 
“stud poker” last Saturday night. It 
cost his tutors $300 to teach Sammy 
the game, he picked it up so fast. Here- 
after, says Mr. Shipman, playwrighting 
will be his sideline. 





TRAVEUNG STOCK COMPANIES 
FORMING FOR WESTERN CAMPS 

Harry Lorch Appointed Stock Supervisor. Far Western 
Camps Need Continuous Entertainment. Stocks Will 
Remain Three or Four Weeks at Each Stand. 

Camp Lewis Charging $1 Top, • 

High Canip Scale. Doing 
Around $1,400 Nightly. 



Plans for the extension of stock com- 
panies in the more widely separafed 
cantonihents are being made. Three or 
four stocks will be added to the num- 
ber already playing. 

Harry Lorsch (formerly press agent 
for the Butterfield (Michigan) circuit, 
and recently manager of the Liberty 
Theatre, Camp Pike) has been appoint- 
ed stock supervisor. He has started on 
a tour of the central and western camps 
to look over the situation; Mr. Lorsch 
will be pergianently located at the New 
York office of the Commission on 
Training Camp Activities, and will 
work in conjunction with George H. 
Sergeant. The latter is on the coast 
and is handling the stock now running 
at Camps Kearney, Fremont, Cody and 
Lewis. At the latter cantonment legiti- 
mate r>nd vaudeville are being played. 
Attractions recently playing Camp 
Lewis have enjoyed excellent business, 
getting around $1,400 nightly a* $1 top, 
the biggest scale of any of the Liberty 
Theatres. 

The far western camps have sufferejJ 
from the difficulty of supplying con- 
tinuous attractions, mostly because of 
prohibitive railroad jumps. Occasional 
shows are obtainable on the way to 
and from the coast, but not in a suf- 
ficient quantity satisfactory to the 
Commission. 

One of the larger booking offices re- 
cently offered no less than/ 15 attrac- 
tions for one of the camps, but no ac- 
tion was taken because of the stock 
plans. The present plan calls for al- 
ternating the stocks, forming a sort of 
circuit, each company remaining three 
or four weeks in one camp, 

BARNES-SHUBERT CASE. 

The early part of October has been 
set for the T. Roy Barnes-Shubert 
Theatrical Company trial, in which the 
former is suing the Shuberts for $2,900 
damages for breach of contract. 

On or about Sept. 12, 1917, Barnes 
alleges, through his attorney, Nathan 
Burkan, he entered into contract with 
the producing firm, whereby he was to 
assume the leading comedian role in 
"Oh Justine I” The contract stipulated 
Barnes was to get $SS0 weekly for the 
first 12 weeks and $600 a week there- 
after during the show’s run. Another 
clause guaranteed the plaintiff that he 
would be kept working IS consecutive 
weeks. 

Barnes alleges that the letter of the 
contract was not entirely, lived up to 
and estimates the damages caused him 

to the extent of $2,900. 

! - - ■ 

CHICAGO SCALPING BAD_ 

Chicago, Sept. 18. 

The scalping situation in Chicago is 
about on a par with the political 
situation in Russia. 

When the city legislated the separa- 
tion of the theatres and the scalpers,, 
some of the former, with a view to 
holding their important hotel trade, 
raised prices to enable them to pay 
the brokers a commission on sales. 

Something has gone wrong with the 
hotel trade. The scalpers are said to 
be selling one-third as many tickets 
as they sold at this time last year, and 
business growing worse all the time. 
This in spite of the fact that Chicago 
now has 12 attractions of high aver- 



^^age quality as against eight for this 
time last year. 

One of the most active scalpers in 
town, who last season sold an average 
of 20 tickets each for Saturday nights 
for standard attractions, did not sell 
a single ticket last Saturday for one 
of the most popular attractions in 
Chicago. • 

LYRIC ON RENTAL. « 

“The Unknown _ Purple,” which 
opened at the Lyric, Saturday night 
last, was heavily “bought" by the tic- 
ket agencies, who loked on the show 
as sure to get over. 

Roland West has taken the house on 
a rental basis, extending for six weeks. 
At the end of the period, if the show 
is deemed a success, a somewhat dif- 
ferent rental arrangement is called for. 
This limits the Shuberts' interest in 
the percentage, it being stipulated the 
house share shall not exceed a fixed 
sum. 

CALLAN IN LEWISTON. 

Lewiston, Me., Sept. 18. 

Jeff Callan, yery popular here, re- 
turns to the city as manager of the 
Music Hall, for the United Theatre Co., 
a corporation holding important men 
in its directorate and with several the- 
atrical interests. George I. Appleby is 
to have charge of the concern’s local 
Strand. 

The music hall will play vaudeville 
and probably pictures. -Mr. Callan’s 
popularity and experience caused his 
recall. He was in charge of the same 
house years ago when the Keith people 
operated it. Lately Mr. Callan has been 
a Keith manager in New York City. 

"Man With Club Foot,” Spy Drama. 

London, Sept. 18. 

Grossmith & Laurillard will shortly 
put into rehearsal “The Man With a 
Club Foot,” a spy drama by Valentine 
Williams, who, before the war, was the 
Daily Mail correspondent in Berlin 
and is now a lieutenant in the Irish 
Guards. 

The leads will be played by Arthur 
Bourchier and Alice Crawford, the lat- 
ter the author’s wife. 

“Purple Mask” Transferred.. 

London, Sept. 18. 

“The Purple Mask” was transferred 
from the Lyric to Prince’s, Monday 
night, making way for Doris Keane’s 
production of “Roxana,” which opens 
tonight, after a successful trial at East- 
bourne, 

Gladys Cooper’s Holiday Over. 

London, Sept. 18. 

Gladys Cooper has resumed her role 
in “The Naughy Wife" at the Play- 
house after a holiday. • 

“ONE OF US” MOVING. 

“Maytime” is to be allotted still an- 
other house, according to plans early 
this week, which called for it changing 
places with “One of Us.’’ 

The Jack Lait comedy is due to go 
into the Broadhurst and “Maytime,” 
nearing the end of its run (but still 
netting a profit) is to enter the Bijou. 

If the change is made it will have 
been the seventh Broadway iTiovement 
for “Maytime.’*' i 



SHOW WITH ONE SET. 

Max Spiegel entering further into 
the legitimate field is making his first 
production. This is a new musical play 
aimed for ^ but to be first sent on the 
road. It will carry but one scene. This 
is of rather costly nature, of satin 
hangings, P. Dodd Ackerman having 
designed the “set” especially with the 
, road purposes in mind. The entire 
production can be carried in three or 
four 12-foot‘ crates and half a dozen : 
trunks and in a pinch can be easily 
checked if a baggage car is not avail- 
able. 

Last season_^Mr. Spiegel purchased . 
“Furs and Frills,’! sent out on tour with 
Richard Carle, the piece coming in with 
a loss. This season the attraction has 
been making money. The first week 
out netted a profit of $2,600. Carle is 
still with the show. 

“OH, YES.” 

The title for the new'Prindess mus- 
ical play, writen by the trio, Bolton, 
Kern and Wodehouse, is “Ob, Yes.” 
Eliott, Comstock & Gest vvant to re- 
tain the first word of their last two 
Princess successes, “Oh, Boy’’ and “Oh, 
Lady, Lady.” 

The new play which has Joseph 
Santley heading the cast, is due to' open 
Sept. 30. This breaks the firm’s usual . 
procedure of keeping the other Prin- 
'cess plays out on the road four or five 
weeks before bringing them to Broad- 
way. 

SHOWS IN PHILLY. 

Philadelphia, Sept. 18. 
The legitimate houses offered a 
rather poor assortment of attractions 
for the Yom Kippur season with only 
one new opening. This was the com- 
edy, “Not With My Money,” at the 
Broad with Lucile W'atson and William 
Morris featured. It carries the atmo- 
mosphere of a “Get Rich Quick Wal- 
lingford,” but does not contain the snap 
and vigor of the George M. Cohan 
piece. It has been well put together 
and with the exception of a draggy 
first act is rather pleasing entertain- 
ment. The piece is by Edward Clark, 
who found his inspiration in a story 
called “Face Value,’’ by Edgar S. 
Franklin. - It was received with warm 
admiration by a small audience Mon- 
day night. The prospects for a stay of 
any length are not bright, though there 
is no announcement of anything to 
follow. 

Charlotte Walker in “Nancy Lee” re- 
mains at the Garrick where the piece 
is drawing fair business and winning 
praise, particularly through the indi- 
vidual work of the star. 

The rather sudden withdrawal -of 
“The Girl Behind The Gun” left the 
Forrest without a regular attraction 
booked, and “Hearts of the World,” 
which has had two long runs at the 
Garrick, was brought' in to keep the 
house open. “The Girl Behind The 
Gun” was booked for three weeks, but 
did not draw up to expectations. The 
picture had a big house Monday night 
for a repeater. “Gloriana” is ,an- 
noibijjGed for Sept. 23. 

“Cnu Chin Chow” is still getting all 
the big muney in the Shubert houses. 
The production is now in its third 
week and playing around $25,000. It 
is, here three weeks mor?. “Leave It 
To Jane” is drawing only fair business 
.at the Chestnut Street Opera House. 
“Business Before Pleasure” is drawing 
good business at the Lyric in its third 
week, and “The Blue Pearl” is still at 
the Adelphi, where it is attracting only 
mild attention, ‘ 

Business at the Casino and Troca- 
dero playing burlesque continues to 
hold up to the big returns enjoyed 
since the opening of the season. 

“Stop That Man” Started. 

The Shuberts have started rehearsals 
on the new farce written by George 
V.- Hobart. The title of the piece is 
“Stop That Man.” 

The play is to feature Edwin Nicander 
and in the cast als.o is Consuelo Bailey. 



“WOUNDED FUND’' BY ITSELF. 

Because of the large amount of its 
own work that the Actors’ Equity As« 
sociation has on its hands, it has been 
decided to vest the executive power of 
“Our Wounded Actors’ Fund” in a dis- 
tinct organization. The Council of the 
A. E. A., through Mr. Gillmore, the 
executive secretary, will further the 
grovvth of the fund. It is expected the 
“Our Wounded Actors’ Fund” will^odn 
rent its own offices. An executive 
committee has been elected. Daniel 
Frohman, president of the Actors’ 
Fund of America, will represent that 
organization on the committee. Fanny 
Cannon has also agreed to act as rep- 
resentative for the Stage Women's 
War Relief. 

Thus far, three $1,000 contributions 
have been received from George Arliss, 
the chairman and founder of the “Our 
Wounded Actors’ Fund,” and two other 
actors who choose to remain anony- 
mous. Smaller amounts are daily 
coming in. It is hoped that the fund 
will be in real working order by next 
week. Tuesday at a meeting* of the 
A. E. A. it was decided all members, 
male and female, doing war work, en- 
tailing financial sacrifice, shall be ex- 
empt from paying dues. % Members 
serving on committee or relief organi- 
zations such as -the Y. M. -C. A., Red 
Cross,' Knights of Columbus and kind- 
red societies, will be put on the free 
list or have his dues refunded, on ap- 
plication. 



JANE COWL IN NEW ROLE. ^ 

Washington, D. C.,'Sept. 18. 

“Information Please,” Jane Cowl's 
new play, is, one of the most entertain- 
ing seerTin a longtime. It should have 
a most successful run in New York. 
The reception accorded the star and 
the piece Monday night was enthusi- 
astic. 

Proving herself a delightful come- 
dienne, Miss Cowl has gotten away en- 
tirely from the line with which she has 
become identified and her handling of 
“Lady Betty Desmond” wjll win the 
approval of the matinee girls as well 
as their more critical elders. The story 
has to do with a young matron, who 
believes that to carry on a flirtation 
with a Callow youth, even so far as a 
trip to Europe with him, will arouse a 
little demonstration of affection from 
her husband. 

The play is filled with delightfully 
clever and witty lines and Miss Cowl » 
portrait of an erratic, petulant and_ ex- 
tremely fascinating young wife is a 
study in joyousness and irresistible 
feminine inconsistency. 

The company is excellent. Henry 
Stephensen as^the object of the young 
wife’s flirtatioTr who is just as willing 
to take the trip to Europe as he is to 
act the art of' peacemaker between 
husband and wife, gave Mjss Cowl a 
close run for first honors in the role 
of the amiable British roue. Orme 
Caldara, although a little “shaky” as 
yet as the husband will, no doubt, give 
a regular performance when he be- 
comes thoroughly familiar. As a 
drunken reporter, Malcolm Duncan 
contributed a fine piece of character 
acting that received its full share of 
the approval. Smaller roles nre par- 
ticularly well played by Alan Brooks, 
of vaudeville, Blanche Yurka, Robert 
Bendal, 'Viola Compton and Helen 
Salinger. 

The play is a Selwyn & Co. pro- 
duction, 



Arden and Gillingwater in Cast. 

Edwin Arden and Claude Gilling- 
water have been engaged by Smith & 
Golden for their forthcoming produc- 
tion of “Three "Wise Men,” opening 
New York next month. The cast is 
not yet complete. 

It will be the fourth production _ of 
this firm now playing, the others being 
two companies of “Turn to the Right” 
on the road and their current success, 
“Lightnin”’ at the Gaiety. 






















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LEGITIMATE, 



FOUR NEW YORK HOUSES DARK 
DESPITE R USH O F NEW PLAYS 

New Season Starts with Deluge of New Pieces, But the 
“Unexpected Happens’’ and Quartette of Playhouses 
Are Closed — ^“Cut Rate” Booths Have 
Long List of Shows. 



A quartet of Broadway houses are 
due for darkness although they were 
tenanted with shows at the start of 
the new season. 

The Plymouth is dark, “A Very Good 
Young ManV having suddenly with- 
drawn last Saturday. The Longacre 
is also without an attraction, awaiting 
a decision regarding “Nothing But 
Lies.” 

“Crops and Croppers” will stop at 
the Belmont Saturday due to the ill- 
ness of B. Iden Payne, who was oper- 
ated on at the Flushing Hospital the 
night of the premiere and who was 
resting badly Wednesday. There were 
a number of alterations to be made by 
Mr. Payne and while the show was 
considered a good comedy, it is “cold” 
through the director’s illness. His 
season will go on at the Belmont how- 
ever, upon recovery. 

“Jonathan Makes A Wish” will bow 
out of the Princess, the stopping time 
being Saturday. The house will re- 
main dark until the Santley show- ar- 
rives (“Oh, Yes”). There are a num- 
ber of attractions tottering and will 
be replaced as quickly as successors 
are ready. “Mr. Barnum” is due to 
stop at the Criterion, its short season 
drawing surprise because of Tom 
Wise’s appearance in it. 

Eighteen attractions are listed in the 
cut rates, four, however, only sending 
balcony seats there. After 7.30 nightly 
seats for some of the bigger attrac- 
tions are obtainable in quantity, most 
of that class of tickets being dumped 
in by ticket brokers w*ho are left with 
an unsold “buy.” 

“Three Faces East” has jumped up 
as one of the season’s big things and 
is now beating “Lightnin’” and run- 
ning second only to “Friendly ^Ene- 
mies.” 

The list of attractions in cut rates 
is : “She Walked in Her Sleep,” “For- 
ever After," “The Woman on the In- 
dex,” “Sinbad.” "Penrod,” “Where Pop- 
pies Bloom,” “Over There," “Maytime,” 
“One of Us," “Someone in the House,” 
“Mr. Barnum,” “Jonathan Makes a 
Wish,” “Watch Your Neighbor,” 
“Crops and Croppers,” and “Some 
Night.” 

Balcony seats are available for “The 
Walk-Offs-,” “Under Orders” and “An- 
other Man’s Shoes.” 

BOTH RUSSELLS RECRUITING. 

Col. Lillian Russell, U. S. M. C, and 
her daughter, Dorothy, are expected in 
New York this week to continue their 
recruiting work. Miss Russell working 
for the Marines, and Dorothy for the 
Sailors. 

Col. Russell starts her vaudeville 
tour Oct. 14 at Keith’s, Washington. 

“SOMETIME” CHANGES. 

■Ed. Wynn is replacing Herbert Cor- 
thell in Arthur- Hammerstein’s “Some- 
time.” Wynn is under contract with 
the Shuberts, but the play planned for 
was considered undesirable and as the 
cemedian was under a play or pay con- 
. tract the arrangement was readily 
made. 

Other changes in the., cast of '“Some- 
time” have been made, including the 
entry of Dorothy Bigelow, a society 
girl, who takes the place of Audrey 
Maple, while Harrison Brockbank has 
replaced George Rosener. 

“Sometime” is aimed to go into the 



Astor Sept. 30, but the date is not set 
as the piece may play another,, short 
out-of-town engagement. 

If the Hammerstein show goes into 
the Astor, “Keep Her Smiling” will be 
moved to another Shubert house, the 
Drew comedy continuing to play to , 
good 'business. 

SHOWS IN CHICAGO. 

^ Chicago, Sept. 18. 
Show business 'took an abrupt and 
decided tumble this week. Wit'a a 
number of New York’s sure-fire hits 
of last season in town, the theatre- 
going public did not flock boxoffice- 
ward. The reason for this was the 
United States War Exposition, the 
premier attraction for all • classes of 
theatre fans. Over a million people 
attended the war show in the two 
weeks it played Chicago, and there was • 
a corresponding laxity of attendance 
elsewhere. 

Fred Stone in “Jack o’Lantern’’ tops . 
all the shows in town. The receipts 
at the Colonial for the first ten per- 
formances exceeded $33,000. While 
there was a drop from this figure dur- 
ing the past week, business was re- 
ported good. 

There were probably only four shows 
during the past week which made any 
money. These are the Stone piece, 
the Grant Mitchell “Tailor Made Man” 
play at Cohan’s Grand, “Oh, Look” with 
Harry Fox and the Dollys at the La 
Salle and Ins^ Clajre in “Polly with a 
Past” at the Powers. 

Alexandra Carlisle in “The Country 
Cousin,” quit Saturday night. Miss 
Carlisle was given most flattering no- 
tices, and the play appeared to receive 
unanimous approbation, but neither 
star nor play could withstand the clam- 
my hoodoo attached to the house. The 
Blackstone will be dark until the ar- 
rival in the near fututre of “Tilly, the 
Mennonite^ Maid,” in which Patricia 
Collinge will be featured. 

“Twin Beds” will succeed “Turn to 
the Right” at the Olympic next week, 
it will stay for a while, and will be 
succeeded in two or three weeks by 
the No. 2 “Three Faces East.” 

Chicago will have to come through 
with $250,000,000 on the Fourth Liberty 
Loan, and the drive is shaping up al- 
ready. Managers are inclined to be 
pessimistic, therefore, concerning the 
business outlook for the immediate 
future. 

The night stand people are also 
growling about business, not only from 
the box office point of view, but from 
the ever increasing cost of help, talent, 
paper and transportation. 

The new draft will undoubtedly cut 
deeply into the ranks of all folks en- 
gaged in show business. This has a 
further tendency to eneburage a slump. 

SHOWS IN FRISCO. 

San Francisco, Sept. 18. 
“Twin Beds” (Columbia) opened to 
good business. 

“Why Marry”. (Cort) holding up 
nicely. x' 

“Hearts of the World” (Alcazar) pic- 
ture, drawing fair. 

The Hippodrome is playing to ca- 
pacity. 



COLLIER QUITTING SHOW. 

It seems settled that William Collier 
will leave the> new Weber & Anderson 
production," “Nothing But Lies,” at the 
end of this week. The comedy is play- 
ing one-ijight stands, closing at Stam- 
ford, Conn., tomorrow (Saturday). To- 
day (Friday) it is in Plainfield, N. J. 
The show opened at Washington a ■ 
couple of weeks ago and. played Atlan- 
tic City last week, securing very favor- 
able mention. 

While at the seashore, according 
to the managerial side, Mr. Collier 
commenced to tinker with the manu- 
script, especially his own role. The 
author, Aaron Hoffman, notified Web- 
er & Anderson he would not permit 
any change in the play, Mr. Hoffman 
charged that Mr. Collier was “rewrit- 
ing the show” to promote himself at 
the expense of the remainder of the 
play. 

L. Lawrence Weber> George M. An- 
derson and Mr. Hoffman went to At- 
lantic City toward the end of last week. 
They remonstrated with Collier, who, 
refused to play his role, as written,- 
claiming he could improve it for his 
style, This resulted in a tilt between 
the four men with the understanding 
following that Collier is to leave the 
piece this week. , 

The show was billed to open at the 
Longacre Monday. Another attrac- 
tion was being sought this week, with 
the possibility that H. H. Frazee’s new 
Norah B^yes show, booked for Atlantic 
City next week, might be switched to 
the Longacre to open Monday. 

Meanwhile “Nothing But Lies” will 
be brought in and Collier replaced,' that 
company going out again after neces- 
sary rehearsals. 

Weber & Anderson claim to have 
Collier under contract to reappear in 
his former success, “Nothing But -the 
Truth” for this season. They say they 
may decide to enforce the agreement 
and order Collier to take his former 
role in the “Truth” show on the road. 

“FORCING” “UNDER ORDERS.” 

A new eight weeks’ “buy” for 
“Friendly Enemies” was taken by the 
brokers, beginning Monday. This 
. takes in the entire lower floor and 
several balcony rows, the tota} number 
of seats handled nightly being over 
700. There has been a new AA row 
added at the Hudson, but is complained 
of as being too close to the footlights. 

Coupled with the “Enemies” buy is 
a further handling by the “specs” of 
"Under Orders” at the Eltinge, also a 
Wbods show, tickets from the Hudson 
being provisional to a purchase of 
tickets for the two-people play. The 
latter is not the large success hoped 
for, but'hclped by the agencies is turn- 
ing a good profit. There was do pre- 
mium asked for “Enemies,” because 
of the deal including “Under Orders.” 

FRANK BACON’S "FIVE O’CLOCK.” 

Frank Bacon, co-author and star of 
“Ligbtnin”’ at the Gaiety, has com- 
pleted a new play in collaborationf^ith 
Freeman Tilden. The play is called 
“Five O’clock,” and is founded on a 
story written by Mr. Tilden four years 
ago, which appeared in the “Srnart Set” 
under the title of “The Detective.” 
Smith & Golden contemplate produc- 
ing the piece early in November. 

SHOWS IN LOS ANGELES. 

Los Angeles, Sept. 18, 
Conditions here theatrically almost 
hopeless, with none of the show shoi)S 
making any boasts of what monies 
werb- being taken in at the local box 
offices. 

The Mason and Majestic are dark 
as far as legits are concerned, pictures 
doing only expense business when 
booked. 

“Up in the Air” (Mason) after drop- 
ping a couple of tbdnsaml on its week 
here has gone into the one-night 
stands, where advance reports indi- 
cate it will fare better. 



“YIP, YIP” SPECULATING. 

Camp Upton, Sept. 18. 
While the successful soldier show, 
“Yip, Yip, Yaphank,” by Sergeant Irv- 
ing Berlin, has ended its amazingly 
successful engagement in New York, 
it is understood the Federal auth- 
orities took a close-up inspection 
of the manner in which blocks of 
tickets fell into the hands of specu- 
lators and that the men who profit- 
eered in the soldier show pasteboards 
have not heard the last of their much 
censured action. 

Officials of Camp Upton aver that 
even when Major-General Bell criti- 
cised the speculative aspect of the out- 
side ticket sales the specs went right 
ahead and on the switch of the show 
to the Lexington where it remained 
for two weeks, after opening at the 
Century, the profiteering in the seats 
was continued without any regard ’ 
of the good will of the camp, the 
services the boys were volunteering or 
the purpose to which the funds of the 
show were to be used. 

District Attorney Swann also gath- 
ered evidence last week, when numer- 
ous complaints reached his office as to 
the specs’ activities. Swann called sev- 
eral of the speculators before him. 
Some confessed they had charged and 
secured as high as $4 and $S a ticket 
for the “Yip” show. 

W. J. Fallon, in a signed statement 
from the Tyson Company, printed in 
the “Globe,” denied his concern had 
anything to do with “Yip Yip” specu- 
lating. He advocated a thorough in- 
ve.stigation of the theatre ticket busi- 
ness and recommends a law against 
exorbitant prices, and ag-ees with the 
idea of limiting brokers to a strict 
SO-cent advance over the box office 
prices. ' 

t 

“FREEDOM,” BIG PRODUCTION. 

E. Lyall Sweete, the English stage 
director, who put on “Chit Chin Chow” 
for Elliott, Comstock & Gest, has 
written a propaganda play, said t6 be 
alPng heroic lines and calling for the 
appearance of 200 persons. 

Mr. Sweete has been acting in 
Adolph Klauber’s “Help With a High 
Hand,” but recently withdrew to stage 
the propaganda piece which is to be 
done in conjunction with the Shuberts. 
The play called “Freedom” is rehears- 
ing at the Century and may succeed 
“Sinbad” there. 

COLORED STOCK A WINNER. 

Chicago, Sept. 18. 

Much success has attended the re- 
gime of colored stock at Louis Wein- 
berg’s Avenue Theatre, formerly vau- 
deville. 

The shows have been put on by the 
Lafayette Players. They have offered 
dozens of standard attractions, includ- 
ing “Madame X,”' “The Eternal Mag- 
dalene,” and “The Third Degree.” 

The house has played capacity every 
week of the half year the new policy 
has been in effect. 

So succe.ssful has the policy been 
that Weinberg has announced that in 
all probability there will be no vaude- 
ville at the Avenue this season. 

JUDGMENTS. 

.Tudgments fllo.d In the County Clerk’s office. 
The first name is that of the Judgment debtor, 
the second the judgment creditor, and the 
amount of Judgment. 

Sterling IMetures Corp.— K. Koscnbmim, Jr., 
,$1)0.80. 

Mirror Films, Inc. — Nat. Dlst. ' Tcl. Co., 
.$;i'2:t.04. 

(ieorgo V. Hobart— II. W. White, $5,'!0.(10. 

. \ 

SATISFIED JUDGMENTS. 

Illodor PioturCH Corp. — A. Strong, Agent, 
i-e,, $1,I.'!8.24 (Jan. 2,'>/18), 

(loorgo V. Hobart— Joseph Stewart, Inc., 
,$.'!07.0.') (April 1/18). 

IIKCKIVRRS. 

.Motion I’ieture News, Inc, vs. George W. 
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LEGITIMATE 




THE WALK-OFFS. 

Mary Carter ..Frances Underwood 

Sonia Orloll Fania Marlnoft 

Carolyn Rutherford Robert Arnold 

Peter Orandtn Charles A. Stevenson 

Bobuylcr Rutherford William Roselle 

Judge Charles Brent Perclval T, Moore 

Mrs. Alicia Elliott..; Janet Travers 

Kathleen Rutherford Carroll McComas 

Murray Van Alien Fred L. Tlden 

Robert Shirley Winston Edmond Lowe 

George Washington White. Emmett Shackleford • 
Ah Poo Elmer Ballard 

"The W’alk-Offe,” presented by Oliver Mo- 

rosco at the Morosco Theatre Tuesday night. Is 
the latest play of the Hattons — Frederic and 
Fanny. Like most Hatton products it is start- 
ling, clever and unconventional. But while 
billed as a comedy, it takes on the dimensions 
more than once of Just Plain farce, and is 
played In this vein by some of the members 
of the cast, while others stick to the tradi- 
tions of light comedy. 

To tell the main plot is like unravelling 
snarled threads, there is so much that Could 
be told, so much that is intertwined. To a 
set of frivolous, shallow, fast-living "walk- 
ofts” (a term explained by a negro servant In 
the piece as persons without brains) Comes 
Robert Shirley Winston, of Tennessee, to visit 
his cousin, Mary Carter, a sculptress. Ho has 
been reading on the train the unsavory details 
of the divorce of Carolyn Rutherford from 
Schuyler Rutherford, in .whicli the name of 
Schuyler’s slstCr, Kathleen, is more or less 
Involved as one living the same sort of life 
as the rest of her friends. Expressing him- 
self to his cousin in no mild terms regarding 
those people he Is overheard by Kathleen who 
In a rage determines to punish him. This she 
proceeds to do by becoming Mary Ford, a 
typist, and winning his devotion for all time. 
Then she flounts him with what she has done. 
But, reckoning vvithout her host, she has In 
the meantime fallen in love with him. So 
when the man of her own set, to whom she 
is engaged, proves easily susceptible to the 
advances of an artist's model and the South- 
erner suddenly turns cave man and breaks 
her spirit, she is willing that the tables be 
turned. In the meantime the divorced couple 
have become engaged again, and another see- 
sawing pair have settled things satisfactorily. 

The cast on the whole Is excellent, and they 
all have something to do. Edmond Lowe, as 
the Southerner, Is forceful and virile, if a bit 
priggish withal. But that is the fault of the 
part. The scene In which he forces Kathleen 
to forswear cigarettes, champagne and cards, 
and even declare her yellow gown to bo red 
because he says It is. Is rather far-fetched. 

Carroll McComas Is charming as Kathleen 
and acts admirably, despite some strange lit- 
tle mannerisms and gestures with her arms, 
faintly reminiscent of musical comedy. Fania 
Martnoff docs splendid work, as a little Rus- 
sian model. She is spry and chlo, and has 
mastered an adorable -accent. It Is a pity 
ber part does not mean more. Frances Under- 
wood and Charles A.- Stevenson are another 
pair of lovers. Roberta Arnold, as the di- 
vorced wife, sots the nerves of the audience 
on edge with a piercing nasal voice and plays 
her part according to the standards of the 
most roaring farce-comedy. William Roselle 
plays fier drunken husband. Janet Travers Is 
a vampirlsh and disagreeable co-respondent, 
while Perclval T. Moore plays a flirtatious 
Judge. 

The dialog Is always sparkling, frequently 
startling. Several of the beat laughs could 
scarcely have been Intended. And as a factor 
to the success of the production should be 
mentioned the two very pretty sets, notably 
tbo one In the last act, showing a root garden 
over a studio. 

"The Walk-Offs’’ Is diverting enough to 
enjoy a respectable run. 

THE GIRL BEHIND THE GUN. 

Robert Lambrlssac Donald Brian 

Pierre Breval Jack Hazzard 

Georgette Breval Ada Meade 

Colonel Servan Prank Doane 

Lucienne Lambrlssac Wllda Bennett 

Harper Wentworth Bert Gardner 

Eileen Moore Eva Francis 

Brichoux John E. Young 

Zellle Virginia O’Brien 

Edna ....1 [Florence Delmar 

Polllo . . . ( American Girls J • • EI»‘ne Palmer 
Margie ..[ ]....CIssle Sewell 

Carrie ...J I June White 

Klaw & Erlanger offer for metropolitan 
Judgment this week what they announce aa 
a "now musical comedy” by Guy Boltou 
and P. 0. Wodebouse, music by Ivan 
Caryll, the dialog directed by Edgar Mac- 
Gregor, ensembles by Julian Mitchell. If 
the authors make any claim for originality 
of plot or will deny the story wasn’t adapted 
from 'one — or more — of the numerous sala- 
cious French farces of the past decade they 
ha. a a nerve that should stand them In good 
stead when collecting the royalty. 

Mmo. Breval, whoso husband Is In the 
army {the Iqcalo is France), adopts a pollu 
godson by correspondence. She Is an actress. 
The pollu’a friend In the trenches is a 
playwright, anxious to have her read one of 
his pieces, and persuades the pollu to let 
himself ho Impersonated on leave. About the 
time the playwright calls Mme. Breval dif 
covers her husband la having an affair with 
another woman, and she determines to get 
,evcn by flirting with her godson. As they 
aro kissing, enter madam’s uncle, an old 
major. Just from Algeria, who mistakes the 
playwright for madam’s husband and Insists on 
visual evidence of domestic felicity. Madam Is 
visited by a school companion, who has mar- 
ried. She tells of having met a charming 
major on the train, who had paid her much 
attention. Needless to add she is the wife m 



the playwright. Madam must, perforce, dis- 
own her husband and the playwright must 
Ignore bis wife. In the original this must 
have gtv^n full scope for Innumerable risque 
situations. 

It will be perceived the story Is built 
around two married couples, pertnittlng no 
opportunity for any romance, as has been 
the case In big musical successes. , 

With this {atal handicap the American 
authors failed to create anything original In 
the blatter of humorous dialog, the dialog In- 
cluding such ‘'released” Jokes as *T don't 
know you — you've nothing on me; I don’t 
know you either,” "what was your first bat- 
tle? It wasn’t a battle. It was a little argu- 
ment about a hat,” "Have you ^ot a wife?— 
The Jury Is still out,” and so on plentifully 
sprinkled with "devil,” “hell" and "damn." 
Then there is a musical director who apes 
the eccentricities of the passe Creatore and 
who turns to the audience fOr approval of 
his methods, detracting from the stage pic- 
tures. 

There are also several unhappy . selections 
for the personnel. Donald Brian is woefully 
miscast. He has a role for which, he is 
totally unfitted, that of the playwright. It 
gives him small scope for bis dancing, the 
thing for which he depends mainly for suc- 
cess and on which he built his reputation. 
Ada Meade as Mme. Breval is ponderous, 
with little or no singing voice and devoid of 
histrionic talent. Wllda Bennett as the wife 
of the playwright, sings well and dances 
fairly, but Is cold and non-magnetlc. 1^0 
hit Is Jack Hazzard as the husband of Mme. 
Breval. He has a travesty philosophical song 
In the second act, “Women Haven’t Any Mercy 
on a Man,” the only number receiving any 
hearty applause. 

The chorus Is not much in evidence, em- 
ployed principally for opening numbers and 
finales. They are pretty, beautifully cos- 
tumed and well drilled. In Julian Mitchell’s 
best style. A back,4rop used In the first two 
of* the three acts. Is painted In the effect of 
tapestry and the production on the whole is In 
good taste, but the general effect was such 
that Tuesday night a number of .people left 
after the second act while others straggled out 
all through the last Interval. 

Donald Brian’s name and, the general repu- 
tation of the Amsterdam for presenting big 
shows there may serve to keep "The Girl Be- 
hind the Gun” In New York for a limited en- 
gagement. The piece, however, cannot be set 
' down as a success. jiojo. 

AN IDEAL HUSBAND. 

Lady Chlltcrn Beatrice Beckley 

Mrs. Marchmont Elizabeth Delmel 

Lady Basildon Merle' Maddem 

Vlcomte Be Nanjac George Hayes 

Lady Jane Barford Dorothy Clay 

The Earl of Caversham Cyril Harcourt 

Mr. Montford S. V. Phillips 

Mabel Chlltern Gretchen Yates 

Lady Markby .Alice Augnrde Butler 

Mrs. Cheveley Constance Collier 

Count Strellc Vincent Sartorl 

Sir Robert Cbiltem Norman Trevor 

Lord Goring Julian L’Estrange 

Phipps Henry Crocker 

Mason Alfred Helton 

UndImmed through the years shine ' i 
epigrams of Oscar Wilde. At the Comedy 
Monday a fine company gave an admirable 
performance of "An Ideal Husband,” the third 
of Wilde’s possibly three best plays to be 
given a revival during the past few years. 

Times have changed so ■ during the past 
generation that few plays of more than a few 
years back can be found which do not seem 
old-faebloned and even tedious. The plays 
of Wilde suffer as little as any in this re- 
spect, possibly because they really belong' to 
no particular era. Always studiously arti- 
ficial, so many startlingly clever and amus- 
ing characters as he brings together were 
probably seldom at any time found In the 
same drawing-room. 

The aftion of the piece under consideration 
is never rapid, and the plot not aa absorbing 
as say "Lady Windermere’s Fan,” but It Is 
sufficiently Interesting, and taken In con- 
junction with the splendid lines makes a 
comedy of a type far too rare In these days. 
It has been modernized by the substitution of 
the word “car” for "carriage,” as Oscai 
Wilde never even heard of an automobile— 
a rather unnecessary detail, as carriages are 
still far from obsolete In London. Taken all 
In all, the play Is as virile and vivid and 
“smart” now as when first produced. 

The story deals with Mrs. Cheveley, a brll- 
lant and unscrupulous woman, who seeks to 
blackmail Sir Robert Chlltern into advo- 
cating a certain swindling scheme before 
Parliament. This she proceeds to do by 
threatening to make public a certain com- 
promising letter written by him years be- 
fore. She very nearly succeeds when- Lord 
(loring, a friend of Sir Robert’e, discovers 
In her possession a Jeweled bracelet which 
she had stolen from a relative of his years 
ago. Fearing exposure and arrest Mrs. Cheve- 
ley surrenders the letter, and happiness is 
restored to the Chlltern home.. 

It must be a Joy to the actor to get such 
parts, when even the butlers gets laughs. 
And yet It Is not fair to call them actor- 
proof, for they aro of a texture so peculiar 
as to be ruined In the hands of any but fin- 
ished artists. And It Is a company of finished 
artists Indeed which John D. Williams has 
provided for his revival. 

As Mrs. Cheveley Constance Collier gives a 
remarkable performance. Suave, insinuating, 
clever and cruel, she Is the embodiment of 
oi® aho typifies, Norman Trevor as 

Sir Robert also docs splendid work. He Is 
a compelling and dominant figure from start 
until the final curtain. Beatrice Beckley, the 



antithesis of Miss Coliter, is convincing as 
Sir Robert’s high-principled and anvotldly 
wife, while Julian L’Estrange Is dtiually good 
as Lord Goring. Others who -should be men-' 
tioned are' Gretchen Yates, a fascinating in- 
genue with wdnderful red hair ; Alice Augarde 
Butler as a talkative doi^ager, and Cyril 
Harcourt as the father of Lord Oorlng (Julian 
L’Estrange/. 

The performance went along fairfy 
smoothly, although several of the company 
did not seem quite sure of -their lines, and 
some amusement 'was caused when Gretchon 
Vates said, "Why, Gertrude, how pale you 

are,” and Miss Beckley walked cm With her 
make-up obviously freshened and very ifliik. 

"An Ideal Husband” should prove welcome 
in the list of the season’s successes. 

THE UNKNOWN PURPLE. 

Those In Prison : 

First Convict (Hawkins) Number 1137 

Second Convict Number 140S 

Characters In the Episode as related by 
Convict Number 113t — as they appear: 

Hawkins, a thief ...Convict 1137 

Jewel, wife Helen MaoKellar 

Ruth, Jewel’s sister Lorraine Frost 

Bonnie, friend of Jewel’s. ......Marion. Kerby 

Peter Marchmont, Jewel’s husband, 

Richard Behnett 

James Dawson, Marctamont’s friend, 

Earle Brown 

Phelan, from headquarters E. L. Duane 

Characters in the play:' 

Bobby Dawson..' Arthur Le Vlen 

Ruth Cbarleton Lorraine Frost 

Richard Bradbury Edward Van Sloan 

James Dawson ' .Earle Brown 

George Allison Frank McCormick 

Bonnie Allison Marlon Kerby. 

Mrs. James Dawson vHelen MacKell&r 

Johnson, butler. .. Herbert Ashton 

The Stranger... V. Cromport, 

Burton, Allison’s head man Curtis. Benton 

“The Unknown Purple,”' presented at the 
Lyric last Saturday night. Is a very good play 
and it is not.. That depends altogether upon 
the angle from which you base your judg- 
ment. It is palpably theatric but, nevertheless, 
absorbingly interesting and full of suspense 
for the layman. 

. If one were asked to conjure the method 
'employed in assembling "The UhknoWn- Pur- 
ple" he could readily Imagine jthe authors 
patterning their situations after well known 
stage successes, past and present. Messrs.. 
Roland West and Carlyle Moore have un- 
■ doubtedly read or seen a great many plays. In- 
cluding "The Vendetta,” "The Silver King,” 
"Monte Crlsto,” "Arsene- Lupin,” "Rairiee," 
"On Trial,” “Peter Grimm,” etc. The afore- 
mentioned plays Were kll successes, so If they 
have fashioned "The Unknown Purple” along 
the lines of former hits they have done 'wisely. 
As playwrighters they have fared far better 
than as playwrlters — in other words, tbeii^ 
construction far surpasses their dialog. Their 
play will not go down into history as a speci- 
men of erudition. 

It Is a crook melodrama with flashbacks. 
A motion picture director with any sense of 
Imagination could make of It a mobt effective 
film feature. It opens with a drop In "one,” 
showing the exterior of prison cells, Two 
prisoners are behind the bars in adjoining 
cells. One Is a cokney Englishman who has 
no faith In women. The other, a more super- 
ior individual, says there Is one — his Wife — 
who is struggling for an ekistenoe for herself 
and their child, and who is waiting for him 
to complete bis term. Cockney reads from' a 
newspaper a society event and rails at the 
married couple who are giving It. He proceeds 
to relate the history of the pair, saying ths 
man is a crook who hired, him to pull off a Job 
and double-crosed him, two years previoualy. 
The drop Is raised and the episode Is visual- 
ized. It is the event in the other man’s life 
which caused bis incarceration. He had beeh 
Jobbed by his own '•wife and the other man and 
not suspecting the real motive he had stood 
for the crime and gone to prison to protect 
his wife. The drop is again lowbred and the 
cockney Is concluding bis narration. 

"What would you do If that was ybur wife?” 
the second convict asks the cockney. On re- 
ceiving a reply to the effect that if it took 
1,000. years he would wreak dire vengeance, 
the other says: ’’That’s Just what 1 am going 
to do.” 

The second act shows the culprits in their 
luxurious home, seven years later. There Is 
talk omjfji wealthy business acquaintance of 
the huennnd and you know It is none other 
than the released prisoner bent on vengeance 
— a modern Monte Crlsto. The victim is an 
inventor and has perfected a formula that 
will render one invisible. The guilty couple 
are systematically robbed and the man’s 
business ruined by an unknown Implacable 
enemy. The modem Monte . Crlsto even para- 
phrases the speech of Snyddy Carton In "The 
Only Way” ("A Tale of TWO Cities”), when 
he tells the false wife’s sister he Is present on 
"a far greater business than I have ever 
known before.” He has written the man he 
will call . that evening to steal the wife’s 
necklace, a la ’’Arsene Lupin.” By render- 
ing himself invisible the safe Is opened and 
valuables extracted, while a detective Is on 
guard. 

The'thlrd act visualizes what occurred up- 
stairs during the latter part of act 2, In which 
the husband, while invisible, ' talks to the man 
who ruined him, poisons his mind against the 
woman now his wife, the wife entersp-ts being 
choked by her guilty accomplice, , the hero 
make's himself visible, reveals his identity. Is 
cornered by the detective, again renders him- 
self tnvlslble, escapes and takes with him his 
son and the sister of his faithless wife, who 
had devoted her life to bringing up his child. 

That admirable actor, Richard Bennett, con- 



tributes in no small measure to whatever auc- 
oess the play may dnj(^. He 'makes of the 
theattlc Ubro a feythpatbettc indWldKial. Helen 
MacKellar Is exCelleht as the faithless wife 
and Earle Brown as the Tlllaln acquits himself 
creditably. 

At the concueidta hf the pfoldg there was 
promise of a great play to dome, but, instead 
of being cumulative. It seemed to peter out. 
It will be no half-way success — the public 
will either takoito It en masse or not at all. 

Jolo, 

THE MAID OF THE MOUNTAIN^. ^ 

Baldasarre ...William Courtenay 

Tonio Bert Clairk 

Beppo. Carl Gantvoort 

Carlo. .....Jackson Hines 

Andrea. .'. M, La Frade 

Pietro .'Victor LeRoy 

General Malcaa Wiliam Danforth 

Crumpet A1 Roberts 

Lieutenant Ruglnl ...John Steel 

Mayor of Santo ; ....William Reid 

Zacchl Louis Le Vis 

Teresa Sldonle Espere 

Vittorio Miriam Boyle 

Angela Evelyn Egerton 

Glanette Gertrude Hamilton 

Marla Mina Davis 

Marietta. .Marguerite May 

Beppirla Eva Newton 

Peplta Patricia Prewon 

Time was turned back a generation or more 

when “The Maid of the MounMas” was pre- 
sented at the Casino, Sept. 11. The book Is 

by Frederick Lonsdale, With Ijrrlos by Harry 
Graham and music by Harold Fraser-Slmson. 
The program -goes on to state that there are 
additional lyrics by Clifford Harris and Val- 
entine, and additohal numbers by James W. 
Tate and Lieutenant Qltz Rice. "The Maid 
of the Mountains” Is an old-fashioned Eng- 
lish comic opera, strongly reminiscent of Gil- 
bert and Sullivan, with Injections from later 
English pieces. But it lacks the originality 
of these older works and the sprlgh-.llnesa 
and delicacy of some of the newer ones. 

The first scene, reminding Wne of "The Pi- 
rates of Penzance,” Is laid In a robbers’ fast- 
ness. Here Is Teresa, the maid of the moun- 
tains, loved by Baldasarre, the leadeh, and 
adorqd by all his followers. She- subsequently 
goes awhy and is captured and is taken to the 
capital city of the Island, where Baldasarre 
goes, Impersonating the new governor, to res- 
cue her. 

The masquerade Is followed along the old 
comic opera lines, with the usual . situations 
and coihpllcatlons. 

The daughter of the present governor falls 
in love with Baldasarre and the poor Maid 
Is for a time forgotten. But the Jealous Te- 
resa exposes ber fickle lover and in the last 
act they are, of course, united. The second 
scene Is laid In the governor’s palace and the 
third oil an Island. All three scenes are vivid 
and cheerful, and In keeping wth the »Ta in 
which the piece should have been written. 

. In William Courtenay there is a songless 
Baldasarre, although surrounded by melody. 
It seems to he the fashion for dramatic stars 
to invade the musical stage this season, li re- 
spective of voice or previous experience, but 
Mr. Courtenay has not added to his laurels In 
the present venture. In this old-fashioned 
part he Is hone too dashing, while he has done 
far more difficult thugs In his own field much 
better. Sldonle Espero, the picturesque Te- 
resa, gings delightfully and makes a romantic 
and alluring picture. She is one of the new 
light opera prima donnas of the season. Will- 
iam Danforth and Bert Clark arq really funny 
in the comedy parts, while Carl Gantvoort 
adds to the performance with his fine singing. 
As the governor’s daughter Evelyn Egerton Is 
, very winsome, while Miriam Doyle proves 
herself an admirable comedienne. The music 
Is lilting and often beautiful, but there is 
nothing that dlands out as being of unusual 
merit. 

The success of this piece Is problematical. 
It is healthy and sane, and It makes the war 
seem very far away, yet. In spite of our 
eternal harking back to other days, it is a 
question if we have not become Just a bit too 
sophisticated hot to find that "The ."dald of 
the Mountains” Is Inclined to drag a hit. and 
seem a little long. 



MR. BARNUM. 



Mr. . Barnum..... Thomas A. Wise 

Nat Morley. Richard Gordon 

Kid Bailey......' Clyde North 

Daddy Price ...Harold De Becker 

Con Lonergan Jay Wilson 

Props Leavitt James 

Luclen Forterre Gaston Glass 

Mr. Gerrone Albert Sackett 

Ilbnry Scranton (General Tomb Thumb), 

Herbert Rico 

Cody Francis La -Mont 

Aristide Letelller Albert Sackett 

Sheriff, L, Melton Clodagh 

Alonzo Carter Luray Butler 

Colonel Mnurel. ; <..., 'William Seymour 

Buckldr Genln Luray Butler 

Bill Collector L. M, Olodagh 

George Washington Gibson. . .Charles Jackson 

Cirffy, a negro slave George Ford 

Ticket-sellers. .. .John Pratt and- J. N. Gaunt 

Jeanne Letelller; Phoebe Easter 

Adelina Bonfanti Carlotta Monterey 

Zuleika Ethel Cadman 

Emma Morgana Adeline Mitchell 

Lavlnla Warren Queenie Mab 

Jenhy Lind Prances Nielson 

If the Incidents In "Mr. Barnum,” a comedy 
of circus life, written by Harrison Rhodes 
and Thomas A. Wise, presented by Charles 
Dillingham at the Criterion, nre historically 
correct, the entertainment Is merely a visual 
biography of the life of tbo late Fhlneas Tay- 






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lor Barnum, creator ot ‘‘The Orea^st 
on Earth.*’ There Is hardly eDough plot in It 
tor a 20-mlnute vaudeville sketch. 

As entertainment It Is a rare treM to old- 
time show folks and those In thp allied the- 
atrical trades. Average theatregoers of , the 
preseqt generation know little of P. T. Barnum 
and hts clever schemes (qr humbugging the 
public. He still lives in theatrical history 
and only In that way. The “Barnum” trade- 
mark attached to circus entertainment hasn’t 
the magic financial potency it enjoyed a gen- 
eration ago. 

For that reason, employing the late circus 
impresario as the central character ot a series 
of incidents In his life for stage purposes Is 
not 'strong enough to attract paying patnopafiO 
— at least not in New York. 

Thomas A. Wise is oast for the titular role 
and a better type could'^not possibly have 
been selected. Those of us who pcrsmmlly 
knew the great showman will appreciate the 
fidelity of the 'Interpretation. The only criti- 
cism gn that score is that the original spoke 
slower and with more of a drawl. 

According- to the play ini which he is belns 
presented, James A. Bailey operated a shell- 
game wl^ the tent show when Barnum made 
his acquaintance! ''which latgr developed inip 
a' life partnership. 

In the various' incidents Barnunn is given 
'Credit fpr having created "pink lemonade,” 
"the wild man of Borneo,” “Oeneral Tom 
Thumb” and a' number of bis other famqus 
attractions merely by accident, the result ot 
sudden inspirations. According to the ijlay 
when Jenny Lind arrived in ^erlca to ap- 
pear under hie management, Barnum was in- 
volved in a land deal In Bridgeport and was 
“stone broke.*' He gave "the Swedish night- 
ingale” a worthless check for her guarantee, 
whereupon she handed* it back and arranged 
lo play the tour on a partnership agreemqhh 
There is shown his practical adoption of p 
young New Orleans girl who ran away from 
her drunken father to Join his circus, which 
culminated In her marriage to bis secretary 
whom he looked upon as a son. No mention 
is made of the circus man’s wife. 

Types galore are shown, such as an old 
clown, boss canvasman, midgets, the skeleton 
man, the fat woman, female circus ' rider, 
snake charmer, etc, They are ail adequately 
portrayed, but the plot Is so flimsy it falls 
to hold interest; 

“Mr. Barnum” po fqr as New Yprk Is con- 
cerned, is destined for absolute failure, with 
the probability of a similar fate If sent on\ 
tour. iTolo. 

CROPS AND CROPPERS. 

Annie Irene Daley 

Janie tyimpole Eleanor Fox 

Margot Marhrook Louise Cook 

Peter Weetgn Ben Johnson 

Allison Marhrook Eileen Huban 

Ray Parcher .' Thomas Mltcb'ell 

Stetson J. M. Troughton 

Jean Georges Flateau 

Mrs. Bradley MadoHnp Valentihe 

Dr. Truesdale Vernon Kelso 

Stephen Marhrook Henry Stanford 

Mrs. Spenper. Helen 'Wescley 

Mrs. Pray Maud Siaclalir 

Pete Cobh. ....Charles Kennedy 

If you are earnestly desirous of doing war 
work and have a definite idea ot what you 
want to do, before starting, acquird some 
practical knowledge of your undertaking, 
otherwise your efforts will be unavailing and 
will end disastrously. This is the lesspn con- 
veyed from the amusing little comedy by. 
Theresa Helburn, presented by the Iden Faynu 
company, pt the Belmont, Sept. 12. 

“Crops and Croppers” la really an Idyllio 
' farce on society farmerettes, who are strong 
on purpose but short on practice. This Ip 
what the ultra-fashionable heroine of the play 
was up against when she look up farming to 
help win the war and found, as the old Con- 
necticut homesteader put IL “farming was 
standing on the brink of o’ bell and throw- 
ing checks into the hole.” 

The plot is light. One Is always under the 
Impression the girls are out for a lark and 
are treating the whole thing as a novel ex- 
periment in which there Is “lots of fun,” 
rather than seriously and this Impresion re- 
mains until the last act, when they really get 
down to business. 

Having renounced society, Allison Marhrook 
(Eileen Huban) buys a farm, tor about three 
times what it Is really worth. Having the 
property, she, promptly proceeds to misman- 
age It. Financial ruin descends upon her 
and she rents the house and goes to live In 
one of the cottages. Her love story parallels 
her war work. In the first act, which, In- 
cidentally, is slow, she is writing letters to 
seven young soldiers, one for each day of the 
week, at the same time being formally en- 
gaged to one of them. By the last act ehe is 
sincerely in love with a French officer, who 
has been sent over here to recuperate from 
wounds and' is working as a farm band on the 
place. Eileen Huban played the heroine with 
a natural grace, while Georges Flateua re- 
vealed a gift ot robust comedy which was re- 
freshing. Ben Johnson was quietly effective 
as a mater-of-fact uncle and "near guardian.” 
Louis Cook, sister to the tarmerette-ln- 
chlef, was exceedingly clever as a breezy and 
, likeable young thing, but totaly ■ irresponsi- 
ble, Her witty remarks were accountable for 
many laughs. The rest of the company per- 
formed creditably. The three scenes were 
simple, but effective, and Miss Helburn’s play 
is smart enough in dialog to survive for at 
least a time. 



SOME NIGHT. 

John Hardy .....Forrest 'Winant 

Robert .Chas. Welsh-Homer 

Mrs. Hardy .Ca/nilla Grume 

Marjorie Grace Edmond 

Daisy Anna Fredericks 

Bobby Harry Lambert 

Joe .Louis Simoa 

Dorothy Wayne .Roma June 

Madden...........'..* Thos. H, Walsh 

Joe Scanlon ;...... James C. Marlowe 

Henry Spiflens Chao. W. Meyers 

f Chas. Ball 

Gonstableq { J, W. Willingham 

' [...Charles Fulton 

NslshkoVs-^EIalne Landau, Llndley Lenton, 

Jea'npe Dare, Virginia Roche, Dolly Alwln, 
Helen Halpren, Edna ' Richmond, Laura 
. Lyle, Billy 'Vernon,' Catherine Hurst, 
Blaqche Terrell. > 

The main thing lacking to t^h complete 
success of ‘'Some Night” is a more experienced 
producer. Of Harry Delf, who wrote the. 
story, words and music, one might say: "The 
kid is clever.” Taken in bapd by a good 
pray-dbetop a great deal more could have been 
gotten out of the production. It starts /off 
with snap and giqger and finishes cleverly, 
but nee^s k lot of girding of loins in between, 
revlsipn ot the plot, recasting of several of 
the principals and 'so on.' The show la the 
Initial production made by Joseph Klaw. 

A jrouog girl coines to a man’s home in 
the belief he ia a private detective, aud bands 
him $51,000 in bonds to bide for her, as she. 
la followed by the police. She is, a few 
momenta later, and the sleutha' demand the 
wealth. Botjt refualng, the man and the 
girl are locked Iq the room until they “come 
through.” This scene is laid in the man’s 
houge where reside his mother, sister, etc., 
aud although they are only kept prisoner for 
one hour in the afternoon the Incandescents 
are switched off and they light a candle and 
are supposed to fall asleep on chairs under 
stress of such a situation, where the girl be- 
lieves sbe Is In- the den of white slavers. As 
the young man Is an artiht — a painter — why 
not have made the scene hls studio where his 
family visited him and . have the detective 
lock the pair up oyer qlght? How very 
much iuore romantic and giving scope lor 
comedy and just a little spice. The first act 
finishes with an anti-climax;^ also the fault 
. gf lusdsfi’^hte difuotloa and quite obvious to 
most people. 

The second act resumes where the first left 
off, with the couple lockbd la the room. 
Through one ot the doors locked by the de- 
tective comes a half-witted, dbaf and dumb 
gardener of the place. How he opened the 
locked door Is not revealed.' 

This gardetteTi by the way, admirably 
played by Louis Simon, should be rewritten 
to give him lines to speak and make of bim 
only a shrewd chap who pretends to be deaf 
and dumb in the presence ot the detectives. 
Ijt’s gevgr quite funny to watch the antics of 
a human h^ius bereft ot any of his senses. 
Simon got a lot out of the part through most 
elfeoUve pantomiming. 

The outstaudlhg hit Is the chorus— a bunch 
of 11 han4Bome' girls who sing, dance and play 
musical instruments with a spirit and dash 
that earned for them innumerable encores. 

Forrest Winant as the leading man, sang 
well, but was a trifle stiff and “unyielding.” 
Roma June, the leading woman, was the weak- 
est member of the organization. Sbe con- 
stantly permitted her scenes to drop and was 
wholly unsympathetic and out ot the picture. 
Anna Fredericks and Harry Lambert, Juvenile 
and ingenue, pleased very much with their 
singing and dancing . specialties. 

The lyrics are clever, the music pleasing 
but unoriginal and the plot, suitably revised, 
more than adequate for a musical comedy. It 
kept on the road a tew weeks longer until 
"fixed up” it would have been a certain suc- 
cess. In its present form the result is doubt- 
ful. Jolo. 



ANOTHER MAN’S SHOES. 

Dick Lionel A twill 

Miss Fodmore.; Ethel Wilson 

Mrs. Wolfe Lucia Moore 

Anne Carol Lloyd 

Hughes, •• Paul Porter 

Dora (Mrs. Graven) ;... Elsie .Mackay 

■ Dr. Worrall George Backus 

Slade (alias Grouse) Richard Taber 

Mr. Wolfe Aubrey Beattie 

Dawson Erville Alderson 

Mllgs Cyril Raymond 

Mrs. Milson ...Gllda Leary 

Frederick McKay has been reaching for 
something in the legitimate production field 
for some tiiqe, and at last he has been re- 
warded with a play that should make a fair 
hid for favor, although “Another Man’s 

Shoes” Isn’t a piece tbat will break any rec- 
ords at the 39th Street theatre. The play 
showed out of town for one night last spring, 
came back to New York, thep went to Wash- 
ington for a week. 

“Another Man’s Shoes” is a comedy drama 
of the mystery type, succeeding without sensa- 
tionalism in keeping an audience puzzled un- 
til the last minute. It is founded on a story 
entitled "(Iraven,’’ written by Laura Hlnkley, 
which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post 
In the issue of March 10, 1012. At that period 
the peculiar affection known as aphasia was 
popularly supposed to be uncommon, that be- 
cause the dailies dug up many a talc on such 
cases. But Miss Hinkley went them one bet- 
ter by writing a story keyed on what is known 
as double aphasia, which, as the physician in 
the play explains. Is “dlsassoclatioii ot per- 
sonality” or an “alternating complete am-- 
nesin.” Mabel Perris collaborated with Miss 
Hlnkley in fashioning “Craven” into a play. 

It opens with Dick Craven in bed, where bo 



bad been for six weeks recovering from a 
railroad accident. He regains consoiousness 
soon after the curtain arises and makes it 
known he is in a strange place. Hts 'Wife is 
either a dream' or some pretty creature about 
whom he has no definite knowledge. He In- 
sists that ho is Dick Trent and his home town, 
Glenco, Nebraska, where be worked on the 
“Herald.” He tells the doctor this, but when 
the medico asks him questions about hts early 
life, Dick fails to remember details and es- 
pecially figures. He cannot recall be is part- 
ner in a business In New York In any way. 
Dick Is sure that they picked up the. wrong 
man In the wreck and attempts to leave his 
bed. 

Dick has explained that the last he remem- 
bered was taking one Enid White, to a dance 
in OlencQ aii'd tbat he was sort of keen on 
Enid. In the second act he Is strange to hls 
wife, Dora, with whom he is deeply in love. 
Rather than hurt her by continuing to im- 
personate Craven, be would rather depart.,,But 
the doctor, who cannot understand the case, 
tells Dick that Dora is to become a mother 
and that be should take qg chances by leav-r 
ing aitd thus shockiag her, Dick’ has a pe- 
culiar 'sort of sneeze, which Is recognized by 
an electrician wbo comes to fix the hells. The 
man demandg hush mongy, saiing that Dick Is 
Trent, ' 

Craven told the doctor that In Glencg ha had 
won the enmity of the town toughs through 
exposures In the “Herald.” He had asked the 
physician to write to Olencg to certaip people, 
but the letters came back and It' also de- 
velops that Trent is unknown there. Thus In 
the final act, .when the bebg has come, hot 
alone does the audience know whether Dick Is 
Craven' or Trent, but he doesn’t know himself. 
But it comes but, when Enid appears, through 
a letter that bad followed her. Sbe relates to 
Dick, the doctor and lb? others that after the 
dance, Dick Trent ' had been struck bn the 
head by a stone by the toughs 'hear the rail- 
road. The men bad piled bim into a freight 
train. He later recovered in a Chicago hos- 
pital and had apparency gone east,* having 
taken the name of Craven. The recent rail- 
road accident had deprived him of part of hls 
memory. When he asks why bo was not 
known in QIcneo and why he was net Trent, 
she further explains that the roughs had 
struck blin twelve years ago. Dick swoons, 
but as be recovers calls for Dbra. lyhich 
makes everything alright and apparently 
leaves him as Craven after all. 

Lionel At^lll Bs Craven gives a very care- 
ful and effective charaoterlzatlon. This is 
Mr. Atwlll’s third year th this country, bo 
drawing attention to his playing In “The 
Lodger.^’ Elsie Mackay, pretty 'and quietly 
clever, furnishes a likeable Dora. Miss Mac- 
'-kay Is an Australian girl. She appeared as a 
lead In the Beerbbbm-Tree season at the Am- 
sterdam a season or so ago and last year was 
the feminine lead In the 'western compcny of 
“The Gypsy Trail.” George Backus made a 
clever doctor, Lucia Moore truly played an 
Irritating mlddle-dged lady, while the other 
roles were well taken care of. 

The play Is tastefully produced and its stag- 
ing shows the skilful hand of William H. 
Gilmore. Ibee. 

THIRD A^^E STOCK. 

“■Why Not Me— A Woman” is theplay 
of the Third Avenue Stock Coraijany 
under the direction of Martin J. Dixon 
at the Third Avenue Theatre this iveek, 
at 10-20-30. For the scale much -can 
not be looked for and much is not re- 
ceived; including the play itself, written 
by the business manager of the house, 
Stephen Champlin. 

Mr. Dixon had the Third Avenue 
some years ago and has it again. The 
house has tried everything but car- 
bolic. Mr. Dixon has an idea for the 
stock run or walk. He wants to give 
budding authors a chance and will 
produce new plays. That’s a good 
scheme to save royalty. Besides what 
do they know on Third Avenue of 
Broadway. It’s even money that there 
are as many people east of Third ave- 
nue who have never been west of it 
as those who have. And the city gave 
Third avenue an awful slam this week 
when the J traffic authorities decreed 
only trucks could use that street. Who- 
ever that traffic guy was he knew 
Third avenue almost as well as he does 
Riverside drive. 

All the props of the old styled meller 
are in the "Woman” play. It’s about 
equal rights, or wrongs. If the man 
can do it and get away clean why 
should the woman be daubed scarlet 
for the rest of her sinful life. The 
dialog keeps harping on it. After 
awhile you vote for equal suffrage in 
every thing and declare, if elected, in 
the hope the play will end, but it keeps 
on, right on to the finish, through a 
drawing room scene, where they say, 
"I’ll lay for you,” "I’ll get you” and a 
number of other inelegant expressions 
that are not inelegant, however, on 
Third avenue. 

The show Is chatter and business. 



take your choice. The leading lady 
mi^t be Margarite Fields— her name 
is in the heaviest type, but if they ever 
hold a voting contest on it, the chances 
are it will be an even break. Margaret 
Pitt is the villainess, Eveta Knduesen 
has a small role this week that helps 
some. Bernard McOuarrie is the hus- 
band of the sinning wife, and next 
week, "In Old Kentucky,” which Mr. 
Dixon says will be the first time in 
stock in New York that “Old Ken- 
tucky” will be played. 

How Broadway can keep away from 
the Third avenue stock company is a 
mystery. Perhaps it doesp’t know qI 
it. But what better way to ruin an 
eveninjg? 

"GLORIANA” IS BRIGHT. 

Atlantic jCity, Sept. 18. 
“Gloriana,”,at the Apollo last Friday 
night is certainly charming. As back- 
grounds to achieve this result the new 
John Gort production offered scenery 
by Joseph -Urban that was bold in its 
severe outlines and expansive blues; 
costumes attractive in^the lightest fab- 
rics; music by Rudolf Friml, as' whis- 
tleable as any he has written ; girls who 
were pretty and a cast ably support- 
ing attractive Eleanor Painter. 

^ “Gloriana" as a play is not yet per** 
feet, but the long expectation which 
made an intended Monday opening oc- 
cur on Friday night proved that prep 
aration did its best for the public wlu 
packed the Apollo. The first act is in 
need of much swifter action, but the 
second and third fully sustain the 
promisep of the enterprise. 

Wit and humorous pleasantries about 
commonplace things have a large place 
. in the book of Catherine Chistiolni 
Cushing. The audience laughed and 
laughed again in spontaneous enjoy- 
ment of the brightness. Specialties 
are numerous throughout the perform- 
ance, though it must be admitted they 
do not fit quite as smoothly into the 
combination of story ajid song as in 
“Fiddlers Three,” which the same man- 
.agement recently offered here. 

Amongf the special events are Gilbert 
Wells and Balfour Lloyd as 'two por- 
ters. Their cleverly agile dances 
pleased as much as did the “dance of 
the servants” or "Chianti,” another trio 
number. ' 

The chorus was not noted for voices, 
but for good looks, the charming 
gowns they wore and the pleasant 
steps they tpok. The music has a few 
especially attractive numbers of the 
usual style of Mr. Friml’s compositions. 
“I Love You Dear” proved the most at- 
tractive. "Why Don’t You Speak for 
Yourself, John?” was not only pretty, 
but well staged in imitation of the 
famous Puritan saying. Somehow Mr. 
Friml’s music did not occupy as promi- 
nent a place in the importance of the . 
evening’s success as it might have. 

Besides Miss Painter as widow were 
Dorothy South as the real wife; Jose- 
phine Whitall as a costumer with 
fetching gowns; Ursula Ellsworth as ■ 
a withered squeaking aunt; Helen 
Marqua in the pose of a daughter with 
ancient costumes; Curtis Karpe as an 
Italian grocer; Joseph Lectora in the 
hero role of naval attache; Ralph 
Whitehead, the husband returned from 
the army in France; Alexander Clark, 
a woman hating solicitor ; find James 
Dunn, a clever butler. Jessica Brown 
danced and sang under the title of 
"Jessica.” The cast made up in voices ' 
for any deficiencies of the chor^us. 

“Gloriana” was announced for a New 
York opening, Sept. 23, but owing to 
the inability of John Cort finding a 
desirable theatre for it by that date, 
it will play two weeks in Philadelphia 
before reaching Broadway. 

“‘Gloriana” is in Washington this 
week. It was reported that the show 
in which Klaw & Erlanger are inter- 
ested with Mr. Cort may play at the 
Amsterdam or Liberty, when reaching 
New York. 



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NEW ACTS THIS WEEK 






"Moonshine” (2). 

Dramatic. ^ 'f 

17 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set), 
Palace. 

It surprised some to notice that the 
title of Edmund Hayes' new playlet 
was billed over his name, especially so 
since Hayes is reported to have bought 
the sketch from Arthur Hopkins, the 
quoted price being $5,000. “Moonshine" 
is the main billing, Mr. Hayes being 
"with” it, assisted by one other player, 
Richard Hutchins, and Mr. Hopkins is 
credited with presenting it. Those who 
■ expected to see the long familiar come- 
dian of “A Wise Guy” and "The Piano 
Movers” in a new laugh vehicle of low 
comedy lines were even more surprised. 
"Moonshine” is an extreme opposite. 
A playlet first presented at a Lambs’ 
Gambol, attracting attention at the 
time, it is an episode in the life of a 
mountain moonshiner, a type of Ken- 
tucky citizen that is a feuefist, one who 
is brought up to distill illicit whiskey 
and kill others of his kind, not be- 
■cause the^ had wronged him, but just 
because his father was ^ feudist and 
his father’s father before him. The 
moonshiner, Luke by name, enters 
pushing ahead of him a man who is 
suspected to be a revenue agent and 
who has been roughed by the “boys” 
who caught him hanging around the 
stills. The old man calls him “Mr. 
Revenue” and tells him that he is to be 
killed, merely because he is a revenue 
agent. ()ne of that kind named Jim 
Dunn had already put four of the boys 
behind the bars. The revenue man 
tells Luke that he has heard about him 
and his killing of 12 of the Crosbys. 
Luke says that is a lie. He had, only 
killed six. Then there were no more 
Crosbys, The revenue man tells Luke 
he is glad he is to be killed, for he had 
been trying to commit suicide for a 
long time, only he didn’t have the 
nerve. His speeches of what might 
come after death and the urging upon 
the old moonshiner to at last snuff him 
out, works on the imagination of Luke, 
who at the finish not only refuses to 
kill “Mr. Revenue,” but insists that 
his erstwhile prisoner give a hearty 
laugh, and lends him his horse to ride 
to town. Before leaving the revenue 
man writes his name on the only piece 
of paper in the shack, and when Luke 
finally spells it out, he discovers that 
the man who wanted to'be killed, but 
whom he chased away was none other 
than Jim Dunn, whom the boys “want- 
ed” so much. In other words the clev- 
er revenue agent had used psychology 
upon the crude mind of Luke and won 
out. “Moonshine” is interesting, which 
about lets it out. Possessed of a punch 
it might be lifted to heights. More 
than the story is the characterization 
of Luke by Mr. Hayes, who does a fine 
portrayal. He entered into the spirit 
of the role so earnestly that he grev^ 
a beard to make the moonshiner nat- 
ural, and he certainly looks the part. 
The lighting can be improved on, for 
the act is played in a far too bright 
light for the interior of a mountain 
shack. Ihee. 



Lalitte Ward Davit. 

"The American Girl.” 

16 Mint.; Two. 

Hipp, San Francisco. 

Lalitte Ward Davis, a young girl of 
pleasing personality, has a timely pa- 
triotic novelty. Opening before a vel- 
vet drop and a “prop” book about 
seven feet high. The book represents 
the history of the U. S. as per the title 
on the cover. The turn consists of ex- 
cerpts quoted from the Declaration of 
Independence and speeches of Presi- 
dents Madison, Lincoln and Wilson. 
Each period from the Pilgrims to the 
present is appropriately costumed with 
the changes being made quickly 
through stepping behind the book. For 
each speech, the portrait of the orig- 
inal speaker, president of that period, 
is revealed in the book. Her lines are 
spoken clearly and effectively. 



Ed. Aveling. 

“The Cheerful Pessimist” (Monolog). 

17 Mins.; One. 

Fifth Ave. 

Ed “Chappie” Aveling, of Aveling 
and Lloyd. When a rich girl from the 
west coast led A1 Lloyd down the 
church aisle to the wedlock melody, A1 
left Ed flat upon the theatrical high- 
ways. So Ed. looked about him, won- 
dering whether a “single” would suit 
him and then picked a very live one 
in the person of Aaron Hoffman to 
write a monolog. Ed. very probably 
advised Hoffman along the lines deem- 
ed suitable, for the style of using in- 
itials in mentioning things and per- 
sons— mostly the latter— is retained. 
That is the only similarity to the pat- 
ter when Aveling worked double and 
the material itself is all new, bright 
and laughingly funny. The only other 
feature retained is Ed’s soft southern 
accent. He enters to a raggy tune and 
lighted "segar,” doing a bit of “shim- 
my” until the orchestra is through. 
There is a reason, for he immediately 
■ launches into comment ,on the kind 
of a life a dancing fellow leads, who 
has a valet dress him in the morning, 
sends for his “dirty Stutz,” grabs some 
air in the park, dines with a pretty girl, 
who bothers him while eating by hold- 
ing his hand, goes to a show and then 
more dancing with pretty girls and 
finally home at three or four, only to 
wake up and do the same thing next 
day. How anyone could lead such a 
“horrible” life, Ed can’t figure, he hav- 
ing been brought up by the highest 
judges. But they all have the same 
bum finish — go off and get married. 
Personally Ed thought he had bad luck 
with women, for he was able to pick 
up more tramps than the Salvation 
Army. Everyone he gets seems to be 
a W. S. (window stopper), who ex- ' 
claims, “Oh look at the diamonds!,’ 
“Look at the shoes I” “See that fellow 
toss the flannel cakes!” One of his 
girls had the B. H. (birthday habit) 
and he looked her over and finally 
bought her a nice set of teeth. But he 
met a B. P. (big policeman), a kind of 
a gal you can hear coming and shows 
a lot for your money. He had recently, 
however, met a real sweet, patriotic, 
nice, quiet and thirsty, a regular B. C. 
(booze camel), who drank enough last 
night to see her through the first two 
years of prohibition. She looked good 
to him, Ed. said, after he had about 
60 highballs. He finished with a 
rhymed affair called “The Kaiser of 
Hell,” getting quite oratorical near the 
finish and letting his cigar go out'. This 
seemed a bit out of tune with his other 
matter, but it does very nicely and 
went over with a bang at the Fifth 
Ave. There can be no question about 
the worth of Aveling’s monolog nor 
his value as a single. He is “in” easily 
and has the best monolog of several 
seasons. Maybe his Draft Board will 
allow him to air it for a spell. Ihee, 

Tozart. 

Oil Sketching. 

13 Mins.; Full Stage (Studio). 

Tozart enters on a dark stage, 
dressed in semi-tramp attire. He finds 
himself in a studio and remarks he was 
in his better days a painter. He paints 
in oils, as the lights go up, on can- 
vasses. Tozart talks With a slight Irish 
brogue. He also talks too much, for 
the conversation ladled out has no. 
point. A recitation is mixed in with it. 
For a finish Tozart mentions his great 
picture, “Solitude,” and says he will 
again paint it, rapidly sketching a win- 
ter landscape under the spot light. It 
secures some applause. For an en- 
core, there is a deft manipulation of 
the paint brush, and when the touches 
are completed, the former landscapes 
spells out “God Speed Pershing to Vic- 
tory.” It’s a big applause finish for an 
interesting bit. If Tozart can brighten 
and lighten up the earlier part of his 
turn, the finish will carry him over 
almost anywhere. He should run the 
act in about 10 minutes. Mme. 



DeWolf Girls. 

“Clothes, Clothes, Clothes” (Songs 

and Dances). 

15 Mins.; One (Special Drop), and Full 

Stage (Special Set). 

Fifth Avenue. 

A “clothes” turn, as the title tells, 
and “clothes” for a vaudeville act is 
fai* from new. Nor do these acts that 
bear down so heavily upon the dress- 
ing, where girls only are concerned, 
seem to consider that in vaudeville 
among the audiences are generally an 
equal portion of men, if they do not 
more often predominate. Men have 
no high interest in “clothes.” If the 
girls look nice, that’s enough. So in 
this sort of an act the principals may 
lose half the audience unless their ma- 
terial is strong enough to stand off 
the dressing. That is seldom so. 
Where the mounting is prodigious 
there is generally a deficiency else- 
where. Many an act has tried to brave 
it through on the “production end.” 
This seems so with the DeWolf Girls, 
formerly known as Capitola and Geor- 
gette. They ' sing and dance, wear 
clothes, making a couple of the 
changes before the audience as inter- 
esting as the gowns themselves may 
be attractive. The act is really a 
clothes cycle. The girls go from “one” 
before a special woodland drop where 
they they are costumed as Red Riding 
Hoods to display the changes in wo- 
men’s dress up to the present day.. 
They do the latter in a curtained par- 
lor scene, which contains a “maid” 
or so, one of the maids having a couple 
of lines all by herself in a phone con- 
versation. That was a big moment. 
But_she got through it, not forgetting 
’to take the receiver off the hook and 
leave it off. Then one of the girls 
came waltzing on, sinoring someone 
wanted her on the phoae. After she 
had sung that around the apron, she 
went over to answer the call. So 
everyone knew it wasn’t any more im- 
portant, the call or the song, than the 
lyric and business made of it. There 
is a “clothes” refrain that runs through 
the act, ending up individual bits, even 
when ■ in evening gowns, the girls 
danced to the “Humoresque” after . 
singing another song, when they also 
changed their hair-dressing to obtain 
a further “society” effect. The act has 
been made very dressy and the pro- 
duction is expensive, although the 
opening in “one” together with the 
drop were superfluous. The girls could 
start the act in the full set. It’s a bit 
too much detail in these days of trans- 
portation and economy. Included 
among the costuming is a riding habit 
and a Quaker costume, also a boudoir 
outfit of flimsy material. The turn 
will have to have a showing before a 
big time house for a better line. At 
the Fifth Avenue there didn’t seem to 
be enough backbone to the material to 
back up the setting and dressing. 

JStwte. 



Delano and Pike. 

Juggling, Dances and Acrobatic. 

10 Mii^^.; Three. 

Two men in neat surnmer attire are 
Delano and Pike. They open like other 
acrobats without saying anything, but 
start a good double dance, followed by 
some juggling and a dance by the tall- 
er man while continuing juggling the 
clubs. They close with clever acrobatic 
tricks that earned round after round 
of applause. The turn is pleasing arid 
should do an opening or closing spot in 
the better house. 

Jos. Dunn and Co. (1) 

Wire Walking. 

8 Mins., Three. 

Joe Dunn assisted by a girl have as 
neat a wire walking act as could be 
wanted for a spot on the big or small 
time. He goes through the routine 
with a snap and works' as easily on 
the wire as if on the ground. The 
girl goes through a light routine at the 
opening and adds to the appearance. 



Doris Dare. 

Songs. ' 

14 Mins.; One. 

Fifth Avenue. 

Doris Dane in a “single turn” seems 
^ have especially written material. 
The striking part of the songs is that 
while the melodies seem reminiscent 
more or less (other than those melodies 
interpolated), they are very melodious. 
This aids the singer and Miss Dare 
aids^herself, immeasurably. She has a 
good voice, decided personality, of the 
appealing sort, can certainly put over 
a number, is a pretty brunet, and quick- 
ly reaches the house after appearing. 
Her first number has a descriptive 
opening of the usual sort, that she is 
there to do her best, which the billing 
foretold, and .then goes into a -popular 
numbered medley that sounds specially 
written.- “Take the First Man That 
Comes Along” is a comedy lyric of 
good points and very well handled by 
Miss Dare for the laughs that she re- 
ceived. The “Victrola” song is an idea 
that could be better worked out a bit 
in study, to give a record imitation 
in part, and there is a comedy in this. 
‘The Older We Grow” is the weak sis- 
ter of the turn, unless the Fifth Avenue 
crowd failed to grasp it in toto. It also 
calls for a mature makeup of mien and 
hair that could not be called wholly 
becoming to a young girl, although 
Miss Dare effected the change in ex- 
pression so well she seemed a different 
person -when reappearing with the grey 
at the sides of her templex. The final 
number, a “phone” song, written to 
the melody of “Casey Jones,” with a 
patriotic kick for its finish, hit the 
house hard, almost holding up the per- 
formance, although it was not cer- 
tain it was the song alone that did it. 
The house liked Miss Dare, even much 
more so- than some of her songs, but 
the combination is a good one and suit- 
able for the No. 4 spot on the big 
time, the position given the girl at the 
Fifth Avenue the first half. Miss Dare 
must have had previous stage expe- 
rience in singing songs. She could not 
put them over as she does otherwise, 
and it is probable she was known for- 
merly as Dorothy Meuther. With a 
slight change in routine and some ad- 
vice secured to cover up the slight 
waits now required for her attractive 
changes of costume, Doris Dare will 
become a standard big time single turn. 

ififiwie. 

“That’s a Bet.” 

Sketch. 

19 Mins.; Three (Special Set). 

Two wome.n and a man working in 
a back room of a cafe set have a pass- 
-able turn for the better small-time 
houses. The act is about a bet between 
a man and a woman to show that all 
women haye hearts regardless of their 
position in life. It’s a case of double- 
crossing one after another with the 
woman finally winning the money. The 
turn is too long, causing it to drag in 
.spots; but the work of the three in 
the cast is fair. When cut down and 
running smoothly it may make the 
smaller big-time houses. 

Regal, and Moore. 

Talk and Acrobatics. 

IZ.Mins'.; One. 

Fifth Avenue. 

Very much like the former turn of 
Regal and Bender with the two cork- 
ing acrobatic tricks on the ropes at 
the finish sending the turnover with 
a srnash. It opens with the two men 
singing about the different varieties 
of vaudeville, they doing nothing 
with this end until reaching the acro- 
batic portion where they are at home. 
One sings rather well for an acrobat 
and both talk in a rather nice way, 
also considering. Their finish for the 
first section is weak but draws enough 
to allow them to return for their real 
act, which is the encore of tHose two 
tricks. That will carry them across 
anywhere. B\me, 









"Pretty Baby” (19). 

Musical Tabloid. 

43 Mins.; Full Stage and One. 

“Pretty Baby” is what is known as a 
musical tabloid. It appears to have 
been produced for the smaller vaude- 
ville houses and will- be successful 
there if judged by the manner the 
Fifth Avenue audience took to it last 
Thursday matinee (its opening show at 
that house). There are four princi- 
pals, two women and two men, and a- 
chorus of 14 girls. Several of the 
choristers look real young 'and a few 
of those are pretty. There is a straight 
man who does well enough as such, 
but the dependence of the turn is in 
a juvenile, a comedian, who has no 
material of his own to work wi^, nor 
has he acquired an individuality or in- 
dividual style. At the opening as a 
butler and always wearing his hat, 
even in a parlor^ his Style for the most 
part, in dressing and action recalls 
Victor Moore, barring a Frank Tinney 
bit of speech. Later he is the leader 
of a bit in “one” during a change in 
the sets when the old burlesque piece 
of business . of the “pocketbook” and 
“$300” was given, to the huge amuse- 
ment of the audience. No especial 
blame should attach to the “Pretty 
Baby” company for digging up this 
old song, since “The Follies” two sea- 
sons ago found it convenient for use 
in that $2 show. There’s no “book” 
other than the frayed thread of the 
flirtatious husband who tells his wife 
there is another fellow of the same 
name, and so on. Neither is there any 
special music. Popular songs are used, 
sung fairly well for a ta4> and ivith an 
accompanying chorus movement, of the 
usual sort. 'The chorus at the opening 
remains on for the first three num- 
bers in the same costumes. Later they 
are behind a ballad singer and move 
about as the leader sings the first 
verse. That's not the accepted form 
■ in burlesque. Besides there’s an im- 
mense flag as a drop and a big red 
fire finish, with the second part run- 
ning through limply. The house 
brought the principals out for a cou- 
ple of bows. It’s not a big time tab, 
although there’s no telling whether the 
big time won’t, take it, for it runs 45 
minutes, about. That’s quite a while, 
if the salary is right, and the big time 
may consider time and salary before 
it does class, quality or merit. “Pretty 
Baby” is the kind of a tab that you 
might expect to see, knowing it came 
in from out of town and was hot pro- 
duced for a New York showing. The 
only expense of production is for the 
costumes and scenery. The costuming 
runs like the rest, fair, but the en- 
semble of 19 people in all (perhaps one 
the carpenter) makes a good solid 
crowd upon the stage. <Sime. 

Canfield and Cohen. 

Songs and Patter. 

16 Mins.; One. 

American Roof. 

Two men. One handles Jewish 
comedy, with sputtering, confusion of 
the King’s English and continual show- 
ing of resentment of “straight’s” re- 
marks. The “straight” is some talker 
and changes his chatter constantly, 
with everything running to slang and 
some new rings given to the joshes he 
slaps at his partner. Everything they 
say is distinctly heard, with the Amer- 
ican crowd enjoying the turn. Men 
also sing well, but rely mostly on their 
verbal exchange. Act can’t miss in the 
pop houses, Mark. 

Lillian Teece. 

Songs. 

15 Mins.; One. 

23rd Street. 

Looking neat in an evening gown, 
Lillian Teece used four songs Tuesday 
night, all ballads, and received., good 
returns. She has a pleasing singing 
voice, looks well in her gowns, and 
that’s about all needed, as her work 
is that of an ordinary early spot wom- 
an single. The ballads are of the best, 
put over nicely and should keep her 
going in the three-a-day houses. 



Mile, Marguerite and Gill. 

Songs and Dances. 

14 Mins.; 'One and Full Stage (Special 

Drops).. 

Fifth Ave. 

This couple have been apoearing in 
the west for some months, although the 
appearance of their costumes denotes 
newness. . Marguerite appears alono^r 
the first half of the turn, she coming 
from the curtained centre of the front 
drop for a single, a number something 
about her “Dangerous Eyes,” and us- 
ing-^ French accent which she main- 
tains throughout. She goes through 
the curtain, which discloses a dressing 
table for a costume change, although 
the actual changing is not visible. The 
second number is a Spanish dance. A 
third change has her starting a num- 
ber, then chattering with Gill, who is 
in the orchestra leader’s place. Gill 
takes to the stage and they go into 
full stage for a waltz, neat but usual. 
A sort of military fox-trot follows and 
then for a finish in “one” they walk 
across the stage, Marguerite in wed- 
ding dress, The reason for the last bit 
isn't clear, unless to show the girl's 
costume. The dressing, which is the 
“long” feature of the act, is very neat, 
Marguerite flashing several tasteful 
rigs. They can stand something in the 
way of material, however, and until 
then cannot make the bigger houses. 

Ibee. • 

Sherlock Sisters and Jimmie Foley. 
Songs: and Dances. . 

16 Mins.; Two. 

Fifth Avenue. 

The Sherlock Sisters are likely doing 
in thus turn what they very recently 
did when with Jimmie Casson. Now 
they have Jimmie Foley, formerly of 
Foley and O’Neil. The sisters need 
someone else beside themselves. They 
appear to realize that, so it remains 
up to Mr. Foley, who does extremely 
well. Ke sings and dances, as do the 
girls, but he does it much the better, 
of course. They have one trio number 
about lumps of sugar, finishing with a 
“Carolina”, song and dance, also open- 
ing as a trio, after which there is a 
single, then a double and all take turns 
in singing “Daddy,” the second Sher- 
lock sister to do the verse doing it the 
best. Mr. Foley has the requisites for 
a singing and dancing juvenile in 
musical comedy, if the draft doesn’t 
intervene. He has come forward rap- 
idly since of the inale team, has ap- 
pearance, a certain ease that would be 
improved under skilful stage direction 
and looks very good for a future. He 
holds up this turn, which at its best as 
at present framed, cannot go so very 
high in big time circles. The Shcr- 
locks are good lookers and dressers. 
That is what holds them in. Sima. 



Harry Tenney and Co. (1). 

Songs and Piano. 

20 Mins.; One. 

American. 

Harry Tenney may have been born 
in the show business. He may have 
been an entertainer long ago, but his 
appearance at the American Monday 
night indicated he was more of a “song 
plugger.” His partner, a male, played 
the piano, and also did a song alone. 
■Every number the boys used was intro- 
duced as a new one. The boys went 
along quietly until the singer pulled 
an announcement that he was going 
to give away $2 worth of music to the 
person giving the best account of him- 
self with the chorus of a “brand new 
song” entitled “I Am Glad That I Can 
Make You Cry.” Upstairs and down 
several men and women tackled the 
chorus, for the most parts all plants 
save one. The American audience ap- 
plauded vigorously for more. The song 
tacks and tails so closely to the "I’m 
.Sorry I Made You Cry” ballad that the 
similarity of style and rhythm is strik- 
ing. The' “plugging” was the best rea- 
son Tenney was down where he was 
on the bill. 



Mason and Gwynne. 

Talk and Songk. I 

13 Mins.; One (Special Drop). 

Fifth Avenue. 

Mason and Gwynne are in blackface. I 
They talk, sing and whistle. The talk 
is mostly at the opening, about noth- 
ing in particular excepting the man’s i 
dirty linen suit. He says he has worn 
it for years and so it looksi But there 
is so much of the dialog hinged upon 
the linen outfit that the act could not 
well change either, for they secure 
laughs from the talk. When the 
woman retires., to give the stage to her 
partner alone, he sings and dances 
about and around “.Tillie Lee,” followed 
by the young woman, who returns in 
the same tailor made, singing a ballad. 

At the conclusion of the ballad she 
imitates a cornet and for the finish 
when the man is singing a “blues,” she 
whistles the accompaniment. Her bal- 
lad could be replaced by a better one 
or a different type of song, but she is 
a very pleasant appearing girl, even 
under her brown make up, and sets off 
the act nicely, as well by her straight 
work as in appearance. The man is 
gingery in dancing and the aqt does 
fairly just now. It could be bettered 
Both will handle better material satis- 
factorily and the girl especially might 
be fitted. Sime. 

Ezra Matthews and Co. (2). 

"Quick Sales” (Comedy). 

15 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Drop). 
Fifth Ave. 

Last time out Ezra Matthews ap- 
peared in a Hugh Herbert playlet call- 
ed “Prosperity.” The new sketch is by 
Will Cressy, produced by Jos. Hart. It 
opens in “one” Matthews and Miss 
Blakeney singing “Give Me the Moon- 
light.” They are lovers, but her rich 
dad (Dean Raymond) has frowned on 
the boy, saying that when he can show 
that he has made $100,000 he can have 
his daughter. The young pair plan to 
get the hundred “thou” from father. 
Inta full stage dad is seen at his desk 
and the boy also in the office, he being 
an assistant. An oil land deal is to be 
swung by the financier, but it is first 
necessary to get a parcel held in the 
name of one Brown. The latter’s office 
is shown in part, curtained off on the 
side and supposed to be some distance 
away. When the financier calls Brown’s 
office, the girl answers the phone, say- 
ing that Brown is away, but that she 
has been instructed as to the price of 
the land. The phone conversation, 
which the young man manages to get 
in on with assuring advices to his 
sweetheart to keep up the price, ftm- 
nishes the most of the comedy. Of 
course the young pair win, the act get- 
ting farcical at the finish, which is a 
trifle hurried in dialog and develop- 
ment. More laugh s would help “Quick 
Sales” a lot. Not hefty enough for the 
bigger houses, but should do in pop, 

Ibee. 

A1 Tucker. 

Novelty Violinizt. 

9 Mins.; One. 

Fifth Ave. 

About half a dozen seasons ago 
Tucker did a single turn with a fiddle. 
Afterwards he teamed with Reed, but 
is now single again, with a different 
routine, howfever, than wh_en_ out alone 
before. He uses a white violin, playing 
it in all manner of fashions. The first 
position of holding the bow between 
the knees and drawing the fiddle back 
and forth is Trovato's style. But that 
is only E bit. He holds the bow Ju hts 
teeth and even contrives to fasten it 
for a moment under or in, one of his 
ears. He also has a number of posi- 
tions where he has the violin stationary 
and plies the bow and once with the 
fiddle held between the knees, a very 
good imitation of the cello was done. 
.Tucker goes to show that violin play- 
ing is easy, not the difficult task it is 
made out to be by the virtuoso. He 
is safe for the early section of better 
pop bills. Ibee. 



The Belldays. 

Knockabout Skit. 

12 Mins.; Interior. 

The Belldays, man and woman, 
knockabout comedians, although Amer- 
icans, have been playing abroad for 
the past 15 years and are presenting 
their act for the first time in New York. 

It is a little of many things, in the 
form of a sketch. At rise the woman 
enters attired as eccentric maid and 
develops that her mistress is out. Song 
and' eccentric dance. New dress for 
the mistress is delivered. "I’ll put it 
on.” Exits. Enter man, intoxicated, 
attired in everting clothes. He is the 
servant of the bachelor upstairs, had 
put on his master’s suit and gone on a 
spree. Finds himself in wrong flat and 
about to depart when maid re-enters, 
pretending she is the mistress, he as- 
suming the manners of his master. 
Maid becomes very much entangle 1 in 
train of the gown, etc. She; “Oh 
you’re Mr. Seymour, the vaudeville 
star. Let me see you act.” He does 
some juggling and hoop rolling for 
about two minutes. They confess they 
are deceiving one another and reveal 
their identities. He sings, more knock- 
about, finish with a dance at the con- 
clusion of which he tosses her through 
a lifesize “painting” on, an easel. Not 
a dull moment from the rise to the fall 
of the drop. Story developed in a 
minimum amount of words and all the 
most rapid kind of knockabout slap- 
stick, low comedy action. At Proc- 
tor’s S8th Street the second part of 
last week the audience enjoyed it im- 
mensely judging by the applause and 
the number of “bows” the turn re- 
ceived. /<»*»• 

"Rocky Fait” (6). 

Wild West. . „ 

20 Mins.; Full • Stage (Special; Ex- 
terior). 

American Roof. 

The “Rocky Pass” outfit feature! 
Helen and Mill Dill, youthfpl ropery 
with both a billing and stage an- 
nouncement that they are formerly ol 
the 101 Ranch. Their work bespeaks 
ranch life at or least long familiarity 
with the rope, young Milt’s work being 
a feature. This smooth-faced, boyish 
lassoist is really the props of the turn, 
although there is a hard try for comedy 
by the oldest member and a number of 
songs offered in quartet style and by 
the older of the two women. While 
the singing got returns, the act held 
attention through the -lariat work of 
young Dill. The girl, Helen, also 
works some stunts with a short-length- 
ed rope. One man, the tenor, affects 
an effeminate style for funmaking pur- 
poses, but it does not succeed as pro- 
portionately as anticipated. Pop 
houses will no doubt^ enjoy the turn 
thoroughly. The woman's solo .follow- 
ing the boy’s work with the. lasso 
stopped the speed of the turn. It 
should come earlier. Mark. 

Eugene Emnett. 

Irish Sontr 
11 Mins.. w.ne. 

' Eugene Emmett sings only Irish 
songs, has a well laid out list of that 
character, including two announced 
numbers of 20 years; ago, Ghauncey 01- 
cott’s “Mother” song and J. K. Em- 
mett’s “Silver Moon" yodel. The en- 
core number sung by Mr. Emmett to 
1 close was not strong enough. He’s a 
good looking young fellow with a very 
pleasant voice, but appears- to be taking 
! considerable upon himself attempting^a 
“single” if he wants to make the big 
time. When Mr. Emmett was around 
some seasons ago he left the impres- 
' sion that as a part of a two-act with 
! a girl, he would do very well and that 
' impression remains, or else in a sing- 
ing sketch. Mr. Emmett should get 
over quite easily if properly fitted. He 
may go along as a single in the manner 
framed, but will hardly reach the' 
vaudeville importance he could other- 
wise. 



LOEW’S METROPOLITAN. 

Brooklyn, noted for having produced The 
Brooklyn "Eagle" and being a part of New 
York, had an "opening" Monday night, when 
Marcus Loew presented It with a new theatre, 
Loow’s Metropolitan. Ono-balf of Brooklyn 
seemed to bo in the theatre and the other 
halt on the outside, wanting to get in. The 
Metropolitan seats between 4,200 and 4,800 
people, on two floors. The orchestra holds 
2,0r>0 and the floor above 1,400. Added to 
which is the capacity of t|io many boxes and 
the number ol seats yet uncounted up to Mon- 
day night. There are 42 rows of much breadth 
downstairs. 

The first impression received when enter- 
ing the theatre proper and noting that the 
stage is about a blook away is that "talking 
acts" in this house of vaudeville and pictures 
will have to use megaphones. But this did not 
appear to be a fact during the performance, 
although one turn with talk in It failed to 
register very strongly, while another, pre- 
viously always certain of a prescribed number 
of laughs, fell below the customarily guaran- 
teed total. "Sight" and "dumb” acts, how- 
ever, are apt to be favored in the hooking. 

The Metropolitan as a structure and a the- 
atre is a $2 house it ever there were one, and 
it’s selling entertainment at the usual Loew 
scale, 10-15-25, slightly tilted for Sunday. 
The theatre is imposing and justifies its name, 
even in comparison with the Metropolitan 
Opera House, New York. The rear of the 
mezzanine floor, with its many highly finished 
rooms, is somewhat fashioned after the simi- 
lar arrangement at the Met. 

Marcus Loew has poured money into the 
Metropolitan — and in war times. He ex- 
plained that when urged to the stage through 
the remarks of N. C.- Granlund, the Loew 
press agent, who did most of the introductory 
talking of the evening. Mr. Loew said the 
Loew Circuit Intended to give Brooklyn the 
very best, and though we declared war about 
the same time, he and his associates concluded 
to go through with their original plans under 
the belief America would finish the war about 
the same time they finished the theatre. That 
the theatre was finished three weeks ahead of 
the war, added Mr. Loew, was their error. 

Everyone who spoke about the Metropolitan 
on the stage called it magnificent. Edward 
Riegelman, President of the Borough, said it 
was the best and most magnificent theatre 
for the best and most magnificent people, 
meaning Brooklyn. Mr. Riegelman la a great 
booster lor Brooklyn, and incidentally men- 
tioned Mr. Loew. After hearing him, you 
know why he is the President of the Borough. 

The house is richly built. Everything 
seemed complete Monday night. There is a 
lighting effect from varied colored lens that 
is changed, dimmed and glowing during the 
overture, giving the theatre a very classy 
atmosphere before the curtain goes up. The 
lights sbluo on columned arches bolding the 
front boxes, while on either side of the pros- 
cenium at the top of bronze untitled tablets 
Is a clock, the only thing in the theatre at 
the opening not in operation. The electrio 
connection for the clocks had not been made. 

As a single example of the lavlsbness of the 
furnishings, after the wealth of construction 
forces Itsolt to the fore, may be cited the 
men's smoking room. It's In heavy dark 
walnut and takes the lead of all theatre rooms 
of that sort. To the rear of the orchestra 
and on the wall of the theatre at the edge of 
the large oval opening from the floor above 
is a painting In oils, surrounded by a gold 
frame, composing .a very effective picture In 
Itself and to the' appearance. The lobby lead- 
ing to Fulton street is marblellzed and 
spacious without being space wasted. The 
location of the Metropolitan Is on Fulton 
street, between Smith street and Gallatin 
place, the site of the former A, D. Matthews 
department store. 

The standard preliminaries on a Loew first 
night were gone through with In Brooklyn, 
marking the premiere of the Loew Circuit’s 
biggest and best house, apexlng the theatre 
building of this popular priced vaudeville cir- 
cuit that started with nothing and now owns 
bouses running into the millions. Loew cer- 
tainly has no theatre around New York, of 
his many, that can equal the Metropolitan. 

If his Orpheum, Boston, even approaches It, 
Loew should move the Orpheum into Times 
square. The Metropolitan not olone stands 
up among the best of all vaudeville theatres 
but among any theatres. It's another case of 
where It’s worth the money to see the house. 

After a large orchestra had played “The 
Star Spangled Banner" to an audience that 
had bought out the house before the box 
oflloe opened that evening, JuIIs Steger ap- 
peared, and with a few appropriate remarks 
appertaining to the subject at band. Intro- 
duced Anna Case, the operatic star, to dedi- 
cate In song the new Metropolitan. Mias Case, 
comely and gracious, sang three numbers, ac- 
companied by Gilbert Ross at the piano. Mr. 
Ross composed two of the songs, "The Dawn” 
and "Robin.” Miss Oase stopped the show be- 
fore It started. The house was with her to 
every man and woman, and she had to sing 
another, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," 
or a war lyric set to "Glory, Glory. Hal- 
lelujah,” with the house joining In the chorus 
at her request. 

Then the regular vaudeville bill of the 
theatre for the 'first half, consisting ' of five 
nets, commenced, with PIpIfax and Panlo open- 
ing In thqlr Rice and Prevost act, the turn 
tickling "the children In the audience, who 
mado that known by their loud laughter. The 
Brown Sisters, two girls with accordions, 
second, did very nicely. The Pour Enter- 
tainers followed, doing little excepting with 
a solo, "Boy of Mine,” and sliding away fast 
with their minstrel end-men jokes, one of 
the quartet being In blackface. They sim- 



mered to ' nil at the finish. Next were Jos. 
E. Bernard and Co. In "Who Is She?” their 
standard laughing turn that should have 
made Brooklynites howl and didn't. How far 
the dialog reached In the large place couldn't 
* he determined. Mr. Bernard pitched his voice 
for a long reach, but the pantomime of the 
playlet brought the moat. 

Anna Chandler, with Sydney Langfeld at the 
piano, closed the show proper. Miss Chandler 
had a new act and dress. Sue did not change 
the gown. Her first two songs were by Mr. 
Langfeld. The pianist opened the act with a 
rhyme about Miss Chandler. Her first number 
was called "Cecelia,” with a verse of the parlor 
singer of the high and faulty notes, and other 
verses draped alongside for light effect. Nothing 
remarkable about it excepting it gave her the 
opening. Miss Chandler next sang Mr. Lang- 
feld’s best number, “A Hard Luck Story,” a 
"fly” song of the poor but, good girl with a 
longing, a lyric that was amazingly in aheord 
with many Irene Franklin has done, and Miss 
Chandler at times during it appeared to be 
giving an imitation of Mies Franklin, vocally. 
The closing lines were: 

'' "Now that I've been wea/lng this hat all 
season 

I am at last willing to listen to reason-^ 

I’ve Iota of luck— hut it’s all bad.” 

Miss Chandler then sang "Smiles” with 
some talk, doing very well with It, used' 
"I’m Sorry, Dear,” with, a special version, 
then "I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy 
Comes Home,” a new war lullalby ballad, and 
closed with “Dancing Mose," that sounded 
like a new and published war rag. Miss Chand- 
ler got away over fo£ bis first appearance on 
the Loew Circuit She remains the full week 
at the Metropolitan. 

Mr. Granlund then bounded forth, Oran- 
lund must live in Brooklyn. Someone ap- 
plauded him, though his name was not men- 
tioned, tboud> he mentioned all the others to 
follow. About midway in the performance 
two boys In khaki had entered Marcus Loew’s 
stage box. The house noted and It com- 
menced to bo rumored over the theatre that 
Irving Berlin Was one of them. ‘ 'When Oran- 
lund commenced to talk about a song writer 
In uniform, the audience burst into applause 
and Mr. Berlin walked on the stage, to sing 
"I Hate to Get Up,” Mr. Berlin (always with 
his head on bis shoulders) Introduced his 
piano accompanist as Private Bert Grant. Mr. 
Berlin Is very familiar with applause, but 
be won’t forget that Brooklyn demonstration 
In a hurry. 

Granlund said that It was but 10 years be- 
fore that Marcus Loew bad commenced his 
vaudeville career, and In Brooklyn, with the 
Royal, only a block distant, seating 729. 
It was that, added Granlund, that brought 
about the Metropolitan, But Loew and Gran- 
lund had failed to rehearse, for Mr. Loew 
said It was a letter from an 11-year old 
girl, received by him after the "Journal” 
made him a millionaire In the first edition 
one day. The girl wrote, said Mr. Loew, that 
she read he had built theatres in every city 
and / why miss Brooklyn. So It was. Mr. 
Loetv exited on applause with his happy 
thought about finishing the war and theatre 
simultaneously. Jnst before the boss builder 
showed, Mollie King tripped on, invitingly 
presented by Granlund, and Miss King looked 
as happy as she was pretty, doing her original 
turn In vaudeville after coming hack from 
filmland. With so many high salaried .film 
people In the house, her remarks anent the 
change must have been peculiarly Interest- 
ing. 

Several of the ' picture stars were intro- 
duced and stood up when applauded, and they 
all were more or less, the lesser applause com- 
ing toward the ending of this period when 
the hands of the people must have been very 
red. The first to be mentioned were the Lee 
Children, and they were almost cheered. Then 
Madge Evans, another child who slipped over 
a short speecb, Following were Betty Blythe, 
Agnes Ayres, Harry Morey, Alice Joyce, Wal- 
ter McVall, Gladys Leslie, Corrinne Griffith, 
Virginia Pearson (speech). Marguerite Snow, 
Doris Kenyon, Carlyle Blackwell (speech). 
During the introductions others responding were 
Carl Laemmle. with Ralph DePalma and Ted 
Kid Lewis as specials, Adolph Zukpr closing 
the show, before "The Hun Within” started as 
the film feature nearly at 11. Sime. 

PALACE. 

Monday was the second opening day holi- 
day this month. Two weeks ago Labor Day 
was a guaranteed sell out, but the current 
Monday In the two performances drew even 
more people. That because of the Jewish 
Day of Atonement, a holy day and not sup- 
posed to be given over to entertainment — at 
least not at matinee. The afternoon per- 
formance was sold out by noon and there was 
a line for several hours buying for the night 
show. Matinee saw the standee ropes used, 
and while It was not quite that heavy In the 
evening, .Timmy McBride admitted his fingers 
were sore from tearing coupons at the door. 

At night over 60 per cent, of the bill went 
over for hits, the Avon Comedy Four, ,Ruth 
Roye, Wiliams and WolfUs, Bowman and 
Shean and Valeska Suratt easily making that 
score. The quartet, however, "mopped up” 
over all others. The Avons have been heading 
for a continuous playing record In vaude- 
ville. but they side-stepped for a few weeks 
to dally with Fannie Brice In "Why Worry?” 
They didn’t dally very long. Even before the 
piece exited, they had themselves outfitted 
with a new set of songs and returned to their 
first love In the funny "Hungarian Rhap- 
sody.’’ There are some new lines In addition 
to the new numbers, and there are Just as 
many laughs as ever. If not more. They are 
singing "I Wish I Could Sleep Until My 
Daddy Comes Home,” "Rock-a-Bye Baby 



with a Dixie Melody” and "Tell That to the 
Marines,” The quartet iq booked for two 
weeks at the Palace, but could stay a month, 
and may do so. 

Willlama and Wolfus were fourth, an early 
spot for them, blit necessary since they 
doubled with the Royal. In spite of the long 
journey uptown they did not cut. One thing 
might go out of Williams’ routine and that 
is the "soldiers’ blood” line. It can be spared 
and Isn’t In good taste at this time. Will- 
iams calls his' partner "unessential,” which 
Isn’t true, but ip funu]r. considering her spare 
“flgg^ra** 

The presence of these two strong comedy 
turns made up for the appearance of two 
playlets whlob were Edmund Hayes in 
"Moomdiine” (New Acts) and Valeska Suratt 
In "The Purple Poppy.” The first named 
was No. 7 and the latter was on seventh. 
Miss Suratt has evidently given the musical 
glass of the turn the go-bye, and she isn’t 
to be blamed, for she dellvera with dramatics. 
Miss Suratt drew a flock of curtains. 

An early solid hit came with Sergeant 
Bowman and Corporal Shea, the "Treat ’em 
Rough” boys, who are in vaudeville under 
the auspices qf the United States Tank Corps. 
Bowman was formerly in the French Foreign 
Legion, and knows something about "Over 
There.” Hia talk is Interesting, though his 
manner Is not finished, and he Injects a cer- 
tain zip to bis work. The singing of Jimmy 
Shea (probably a former professional, although 
not identified) is the big end of the turn. Shea 
sure can put .over nmnhers. His voice isn’t 
the why, it’s more the pep and personality 
of the man. Shea handles lyrics with the 
class of an artist. Hb did wonders with 
"Prenchy” and Ernest Ball’s “You Can’t Beat 
Us,” and the others were just ns good. The 
appearance of the men and the Tank drop Is 
a pippin boost for the Tank Corps. 

Ruth Boye planted a real punch next to 
closing. It is a bit over four years ago that 
she came from the west and did the same 
thing in the same spot at the Palace. And 
at leaM' one of the numbers she had then Is 
still In her routine, which may prove It’s the 
singer and not the songs that makes an 
artist. Miss Roye gave “Yfhy Do They Call 
Them Babies,” "The Irish Were - Made tO 
Love and Fight,” "How Do They Get that 
Way,” “Robert B. Uee” and •'He’s a Devil in 
His Own Town.” She still is as clever in her 
ability to deliver comedy lyrics. Miss Roye 
could perhaps secure exclusive songs, but it 
Is hard to see bow she can improve in pleas- 
ing. 

George White and his quartet of Broadway 
dancing girls closed intermission, this being 
the act’s third week. It again proved its 
class, the nifty stepping of White and the good 
looks of the well dressed girls working a 
strong combination. Last week George bad 
his hand bandaged. Monday Ethel Delmar 
had her left arm draiied In cheese cloth and 
there was a jeweled pin to bol^ it In place. 
She Is, by the way, the-best dancer among the 
gals. 

The Boyarr Company of Russian dancers 
gained considerable attention from those who 
were in early. The stepping of the men stood 
out and was applauded. The routine appeared 
to have been cut a bit because of the length 
of the show. After Miss Roye there was an 
exodus, very, few staylfig to see the Darras 
Brothers in the bead balancing on the flying 
trapeze. The show was out at 11.16, the final 
turn cutting to five minutes. Tbee. 

COLONIAL 

If Tuesday is any criterion, then business is 
decidedly off at the Coloilial this fall. Alfred 
T. Darling has alibis to burn, but no lights. 
That seems to be the biggest reason. The 
audience while small Tuesday night, with the 
bigger percentage upstairs, was noticeably 
demonstrative and made up in applause what 
it lacked In numbers. 

There was some shifting from the original - 
layout. The Six Klrksmith Sisters had been 
assigned the spot just .after intermission. 
'They were not in the bill, with Collins and 
Hart substituted, with the travesty comedians 
following the Blossom Seeley act appearing 
just after the rest period, although carded to 
close the first part. The "Somewhere With 
Pershing” act was programed for the sqventh 
position, but was placed In the fifth spot ■ 
(where Seeley was carded), and fared much 
better through the shift. 

Ha'd)ithe Klrksmith Sisters been in the sec: 
ond ‘part it would have featured all women, 
as Janet Adair appeared next to closing, while 
Robbie Gordone olos^. 

The women have .earned their vaudeville 
spurs even to comedy attainment, but on the 
general run of shows it falls upon the male 
contingent to sustain the funmaking. This 
was shown when the feminine comparison was 
made at the Colonial, and especially during 
the second part of the show. 

Miss Merle and Co. were programed to open 
but In their stead appeared Jack and Kitty 
Dema'oo, with their neat ring act, the stage 
apparatus, being cleverly camouflaged with an 
outdoor sports aspect that was pleasing to the 
eye. Well arranged turn and not overdone. 
William Ebs was second, and the surprise 
twist at the finish caught the audience com- 
pletely unawares, and they had the vertrllo- 
quial imitator singing several encores. 

Lester Sheehan and- Pearl Begay form a 
clever dancing pair, with Mies Regay’s work 
standing in the foreground prominently 
throughout. Her acrobatic dancing in par- 
ticular proved a big bit with the Colonial 
hunch. 

But It remained for that versatile pair, 
Olsen and Johnson, to clean up in every phase 
of the term. This male combination, which 
bubbles over with talent, especially Olsen, won 



the Colonial “clap.” Their early hit made it 
pretty bard for' subsequent singing turns and 
may have accounted for the "Somewhere in 
France” act being placed to follow. 

The war sketch bristles with talk, with the 
Colonial audience appearing to obtain much 
amusement from the slang the American non- 
com exchanges with the loquacious French 
girl. Overdrawn, but calculated to entertain 
those not so exacting In stage skits. 

During intermission Andy Byrne took the 
spot and showed that one doesn’t have to stand 
on the stage to play a violin and do It grace- 
fully and effectively. 

The Seeley act made its usual hit, with one 
' of the Interested spectators. Rube Marquard, 
Blossom’s husband, how wearing the U. S. 
navy blue. / There was a new twist to the 
turn when Miss Seeley dragged'ClIft Hess down 
to the footligbt glow and announced that the 
piano player was going to Camp Upton on the 
morrow, and she gave him a big kiss just as 
a little send-off, 

Janet Adair in the important position 
worked hard to please, the Colonial audi- 
ence approving her efforts most enthu- 
siastically. There was much topical song stuff 
ahead, and while Mbs Adair brings several 
papular numbers into play she puts person- 
ality and a characteristic style as well as an 
Inserted comedy lyrical twist that makes her 
song awing out of the ordinary channel. Miss 
Adair’s "song recitations” are worked up dif- 
ferently from the average, and that may ac- 
count for her success. mark, ' 



AMERICAN ROOF. 

It was a pop house show that the American 
dished up to the holiday crowd Monday night, 
but a bill calculated to earn the admission 
price of a flock of holldayers. The American 
both up and down drew Its share. 

Pepplno and Ferry started with a musical 
turn that got the' biggest returns on Its finish, 
when one of the boys switched from the 
accordion to a violin and jazzed up a few 
numbers with his partner. Act well received 
and could have remained In view longer. 
Dorothy Roye showed uptodateness with her 
song routine. She varied her numbers, with 
the last of the bunch proving unusually full 
of jazzing surefire pep. Miss Roye is girlish, 
has regular Mary Bickford curls and doesn’t 
take too much for granted in her work. 

The Lorimer-Johnson Troupe of , cyclists, 
with two women and two men, one doing ' 
comedy In rakish makeup, did unusually well, 
the act having a satisfying wheel routine that 
bad the comedy man doing some corking good 
riding. Tom Mahoney told his usual stories, 
recounted a few war puns and wound up with 
his Irish meeting "bit” and a war song. 

"Rocky Pass” (New Acts) closed the first 
part. • 

After intermission appeared Harry Tenney 
and Co. (New Acts), followed by Chisholm 
and Breen, who worked up some fly exchange 
of patter and a dramatic travesty on. “Oliver 
Twist” that seemed to meet the approval of 
the American crowd. Canfield and Cohen (New 
Acts) were followed by the Martini Duo, which 
reeled off a familiar line of acrobatics, with 
the ground work of the youngest Martini prov- 
ing the piece de resistance. Mark. 



23D STREET. 

To see the patrons ol Proctor’s downtown 
house file into the theatre Tuesday night 
would give one the impression admission was 
free. By 8.15 every available seat in the 
house was occupied and a good sized overflow 
was In evidence at the rear of the orchestra, 
Pat Garren is now managing. 

The show for the first half was cut down 
to six acts owing to the length of the clos- 
ing turn, "The Tick Took Girls,” which ran 
60 minutes. "The Tick Took Girls,” closing 
the show, had a bit of trouble getting started, 
dragging about half way through, but finished 
better on the comedy court Yoom scene. 

George Yeoman and “Lizzie,” In the next- 
to-closing position, did nicely. He scored one 
laugh after another, but at the conclusion 
the patrons were rather stingy with applause, 
as he only took one bow. His vehicle Is 
funny, and although billed with "Lizzie,” ho 
does a single and refers to the girl as his 
stenographer who has not arrived yet. He 
deserved better returns. 

R, J. Purdy, one of the Washington "Four- 
Minute Men,” spoke that-- length of time on 
the present conditions, and at the conclusion 
presented Mr. Duffy, who represented Mr. 
Proctor, with a certificate of appreciation 
from the chairman of the Four-Minute Men 
for the good work the 28d Street Theatre has 
done for this organization. 

' Esther Walker, with a. male accompanist at 
the piano, did five songs, all nicely rendered, 
and hung up a well earned hit. Miss Walker 
opened with an Introductory number explain- 
Inlng her reason for being there, and fol- 
lowed with some clever "jazz” and rag num- 
bers, closing with a "jazz” dance. She makes 
one change, looks well In her costumes, knows 
bow to put over a number, and should go In 
the better houses. She was forced to return 
for an encore Tuesday night. 

Coley and Coley got off to a poor start, 
but finished better./ Their comedy Is weak, 
singing just passable, and they will have to 
be satisfied with the small time houses, Lil- 
lian Teece (New Acts) pleased in the second 
spot. The 'Van Cellos opened the show to a 
nice start with comedy juggling and Rlsley. 
The man in evening clothes does all the work 
and the woman In tights' lends to the ap- 
pearance. The work is clever and earned a 
good score. 

(SHOW JIBVIB'WS continued on page 22.) 



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VARIETY 



BILLS Nm WEEK (SEPTEMBER 23) 



(All 

Age: 

Clrcmt 

elation 

Circuit 



In VanderiUe Theatres 
All houses open for toe week wlto^MM^y.nwtoe^^ 



Ananatat Ga. 

GRAND (ubo) 
(Macon split) 
1st bait 
Sutter & Dell 
Margaret Ford 
KeUo LelgMon 



Arthur DeVoy Co 
Jos K Watson 
(Two to fill) 

BridKeport* Conn. 

POLl'S (Ubo) 
"Birds of a Feather^ 
Horn & Ferria _ 



Brooks & Powers 
Marlon Harris 
Quinn & Caverly 
U DuKane 3 
Sterling & Marguerite 
Taylor Trio 
AMERICAN (WTa) 
Sears & Duvall 



Dinkins MoCarthyABI (Five to All) 



(San Francisco); "P H,” Pantages and Hodklns (Chicago). .... , ' .. . 

' Iheatres listed as “Orpheum” without any further eUstinguishing description are on the 



MODJESKA (loew) 
•Mack & West 
Jim Doherty 
"Telephone Tanide’r 
DeVoe & Dayton 



hi which these bills are printed does not Indicate toe relative Importance Of 

brfor*^nam£®caK^ ^5st^dart“& Haynes Sl®e\ktoSTf 

where listed for the first time. Armstrona & Ford Q Vr«e»l ‘ n»Aa 



Le Orons 
Clayton 

fid half 
Fodr Rennees 
Byron Totten Co 
Bob Murphy 
Clayton 

PLAZA (Ubo) 



New Yoric 
FALACB (orph) 
•LiCavanaugh Co < 

4 Mortons 
Morton A Glass 
Clara Morton 
Avon Comedy 4 
•Leroy Talma A M 
“Crosby’s Corners 
•Gardner Trio” 

(One to fill) „ . 

' ALHAMBRA 
Clifton Crawford 
Trixie Frigansa 
T Boy Bamea Co 
McKay A Ardlno 
•Lee A Cranstoa 
Kerr A Weston 
•Girlie A Templeton 
josle O'Meers 

COLONIAL 
•Eddie Leonard Co 
Bert Baker Co 
•Duncan Sisters 
Cooper A Blcsrdo 
Ames A Wlnthropo 
Parsens A Irwin 
Catherine Powell 
Gen Pisano Co 
HIVERSIDB (ubo) 
Eddie Foy Co 
Van A Sobenck 
A1 Sbayne 

Juliet W..T 1 ** 
•“Curent of Fun 
•Wilton Sisters 
The Levolos 
(One to fill) . . . 

' ROYAL (ubo) 
Trixie Frigansa 
X Boy Baroos Co 
"Maid of Franco 
Rae Eleanor Ball ,, 
•“Helped by Enemy 
Lida Morris 
•L A J Archer 
B A L Walton ^ 

H O H (ubo) 
fid half (19-22) 
The Brightens 
•Coley A Coley 
Knowlee A White 
(Others to fill) 

1st half (23-25) 
Copeland A Allen 
Ben Bemle , 

Krani A LaSalle 
Walton A Bogardt 
(Others to fill) 

IfiSTH ST (ubo) 
fid half (19-22) 

•T B Davies 
Qorman Bros 
Will Oakland Co . 
A1 Tucker 
Mason A Owynne 
818T ST' (ubo) 
Ab Ling Foo 
•Spink A Tate 
•Jsnls-ChaploW Co 
Hampton A Blake 
•Blcbey A St Onge 
fid half 

•Davis A Fltsgtobon 
•Barker A Wynn . 
Connelly A Craven 
Scott A Gibson 
(One to fill) 

59TH ST (ubo) 
Lawton 

•Caine A Hoffman 
•Hlalto Co 
•Barker A Wynne 
Grace Emmett Co 
Armetrong A Ford 
Hill A Ackerman 
fid halt 
Ruble Sims 
•Lelehton A Frank 
•Gertrude McGill Co 
Ben Smith 
"Prettv Babv" 

6TH ATE (ubo) 
fid half (19-22) 
Cansula'A Valdn 
Ben A Bemio 
Grace Emmett Co 
KranT A La Salle 
Darrell A Edwards 
Snnhie Tucker Co 
Tom Kelly 
•Gardner Trio 
23D ST (ubo) 
fid half (10-22) 
Tbe Crlana 
•Long A "Ward 
Duncan Slaters 
Orth A Cody ^ 
AMBHICAN (loew) 
•■Robert Swan 
•McDonald A Clev’d 
The Painters 
Holden A Herron 
•Anna Chandler 
Geo A Lily Garden 



•Beed A Wtaltlng 
Archer A Beli'ord 
Edmunds A Leedom 
Anna Chandler 
“Lots A Lots" 

•Phil Davis 
(Two to fill) 
VICTOBIA (loow) 
Frahols A Wilson 
Capt Kidder Co V 
Tbe Frescotts 
Wilkins A Wilkins 
Cook A Lorens 
(Two to fill) 
GREELEY (loew) 
•Bussell A DeWltt 
Millard A Marlin 
Job E Bernard Co 
•Ward A Thornton 
•Lorimer Hudson Co 
T fid half 
F A Rse Warner 
Calvin A Thornton 
Delmore A Moore 
•Joe Cook 
Strassell’s Animals 
DBLANCBY (Idew) 
Kimball A Kenneth 
Reed A Whiting 
Barnes A Robinson 
Archer A Belford 
Exposition 4 
(One to fill) 
fid half 
•Robert Swan 
Gibson A Hall 
Harry Tenney 



Fagg A White 
Canfield A -Cohen 
(Five to..--flll) 
REGENT (mow) 
Flaherty A Stone 
Bessie LaCompte 
"In Wrong" 

Carson A Wallard 
(Two to . fill) 
fid bait 

Bogard A Nelson 

Sboen A Walton 
Rucker A Winifred 
Boyarr Troupe 
(One to fill) 

Brooklyn 
ORPHEUM (Ubo) 
Joe Howard's Revue 
"Somewhere With 
. Pershing” 

Dooley A Sales 
Herbert Clifton 
Francer Nordstrom Co 
Embs A Alton 
J A K Demarco 
BUSHWICK (Ubo) 

B Seeley Co 
•Ellnore A Wiliams 
Sheehan A Begay 
Leo Beers 
Dooley A Rugel 
•Travers A Douglas 
Eva Shirley. 

Cblnko A Koffman 
GREENPDINT (ubo) 
fid half (19-22) 



Dorothy Roye 
Jos E Bernard Co 
Mabel A Johnny Dove 
Milanl 6 

WARWICK (loew) 

H La Vail A Sis 
Brown Slaters. 

Great Howard 
Harvey DeVora 8 . 
fid half 

Wm K SaztoB Oo 



Arnutroug A Ford 
Royal Gascoynes 
(()ne to fill) 

Bnkemfleld 

UIP (aAb) 
(22-24) 

Dupree A Wilson 
Jack k Marie Gray 
Geban A'Qehan r 
(25-26) 

Alf Ripoa 
Fredericks A Van 



Mumford A Thompson D^Quy g Morrison 
McClellan A Carson 



5m»J“ cwitt , fs.rsg,!?’ 

NATIONAL (loew) Fretty Hany 
Mabel Fonda 8 
Gibson A Hall 
Tom Davies Co 
Adele Oswald 
Wilkins A Wilkins 
2d half 
White A West 
McDonald A Cleveland 
Marwell Quintet . 



(One to fill) . 
FLATBUSH (moss) 
Eva Puck Co 
Willard 

Rucker A Winifred 
Vlllano’s Gypsies 
(Two to fill) 
fid half 

Gallerlna Sisters 
Nellie Smith 
“In Wrong" 

Mat Nazxaro Jr 
Carson A Willard 
Welling 8 

Albany, N. Y. 
PROCTOR’S (ubo) 
8 Lachman Sisters 
Howard A Ross 
Payton Howard A L 
Edna Luby 
Tom Nawn Co 
Kilkenny Duo 
Red A Blondy 
fid half 

Vim Beauty A H 
Harmon A O’Connor 
Imperial Quintet 
Farrell Taylor Co 



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CAiniiNC. ro fnt i'»oi r sbiON . 

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Baltimore, Md. 

MARYLAND (Ubo) 
H Bosworth Co - 
Esther Walker Co 
Stan Stanley 8 
Sylvia Clark 
Mack A Earle 
Dave Roth 
Nolan A Nolan 
(One to fill) 

HIP (loew) 
Bartello Co 
Stewart A Olive 
Maurice Samuels Co 
Rice A Francis 
(One to fill) 

GARDEN (moss) 
Plceolo’e Midgets 
Chose A LaTour 
“Bombing of Rbaln” 
Howard Langford 
Inter Revue 
(One to fill) 

Battle Creek Hlek. 

BIJOU (ubo) 
(Sunday opening) 
Cboy Uen Wha Tr 
May & Kllduff 
Musical Conservt'ry 
Amelia Claire 



"Speaking of Men" 
3 Yorl Bros 
(Two to fill) 

fid bait 

Latgh A La Graoe 
Craiy Quilti 
Reynolds A 'White 
Louis Hart 
(6ne to fill) ' 

BnWale, N. Y. 
OLYMPIC (sun) 
The Newmans 
W A A Jones 
Beulah Belles 
Frosini 
"Love Farm" 
Bntte. Mont 
PANTAGES (p) 
(21-24) 



fid half 
Dublin Qlrls 
Sid Lewis 
Revue Ala Carte 
Moore A Elliott 
(Two to fill) 

KEDZIE (wva) 
Hughes Musical Duo 
Ruth Roden 
Tate's Motoring 
Miller A Lyle 
Kulolia Hawallans 
fid half 

Oeo A May LeFevre 
Sen Fran Murphy 
Maxine Alton Co 
Blacke A O'Dounell 
Hoyt’s Minstrels 
LINCOLN (wva) 
Arthur Barrett 
Moore A Elliott 
Polly Os A Chick 
(Two to fill) 
fid half 
•"Exemption" 

John Geiger 
(Three to fill) 
MeVIOKBR'8 (loew) 
Caron A Famnns 



^®A?aoonSL" 2,?.X! »» 

wutrfiO) *1** 

"Oh That Melody" Vera DelaMtol ^ 
Mr A Mrs N Phillips A?thur Rlxbr? 
Swats A Clifford Dr 

BAB Blllolt 
Nan Gray (l^o to fill) 

nsp'Hwrnw ( CfBclaaatl 

ORPHbuM ^ KBlTH*fi lubol 

"0" fte High Beaa" La^ AHm's Wu 
AI Herman a wosa 



Camnhell Sisters 
Smith A Austin 
Holmes A Wells 
Oeorgalls Trio 
Jack Alfred Co 
PANTAGES (p) 
Morris A Shaw 
"Here Comes Eva” 
Sampson A Douglas 
Haystakl Japs 
Happy J Gardner Ce 
OnntoB, O. 
LYOEHM (Ubo) 



•Battle of San Dago Kuter Klare A K 



Barnes A Robinson 
Foster A Seamon 
LINCOLN (loew) 
Norman' Bros 
Bob Mills 
"Big Surprise" 

Allan A Francis 
Foster A Seamon 
fid half 

Kimball A Kenneth 
"The Painters" 

Mark Linder Co 
Exposition 4 
Mabel Fonda 8 
ORPHEUM (loew) 
Cassetta A Rydell 
Delmore A Moore 
Mark Linder Co 
Oeo Roeener 
(Two to fill) 
fid half 

Louise A Mitchell 
Lewis A Leonia 
Millard A Marlin 
Tom Davie? Co 
•Ward A Thornton 
Lorimer Hudson. Co 



1st half (23-25) 
Boyle A Bogan 
Ed Avellng 
Tennessee Ten 
(Others to fill) 
fid half (2^) 
Tbe Brightens 
Gorman Bros 
•Wm Lawrence Co 
Al Tucker 
PROSPECT (ubo) 
2d half (19-22) 
Bell A Eva 
Pauline Welsh Co 
Ed Lee Wrotbe Co 
Duncan Sisters 
Johnnie Burko 
Tennessee 10 
1st half (28-28) 
Malstra Co 
Al Tucker 
"Pretty • Baby” _ 
fid half (26-29) 
Boyle A Bryan 
Billy Wilson 
Wms A Williams 



Edward Esmonde Co 
Ed Mortan 
Ford A Unna Co 

Allentown, Po. 

ORPHEUM (Ubo) 
The Freltcbes 
Florence TImponi 
Lloyd A Whttebouse 
Oeo Damerent Co 
(One to fill) 

fid haU 
Wilbur Held 
“Don't Stop" 

Orlndel A Esther 
Ergottl’e Midgets 
(One to fill) 

Alton, HL 
HIP (wva) 
Alexander A Fields 
•"Silver Fountain" 
fid half 

Knapp A Cornelia 



fid half 
Artolse Bros 
Van A Ve.non 
Kingsbury A Dano 
Miller A Lyles 
“Makers of History” 

Bay City, Mioh. 

BIJOU (ubo) 
(Sunday opening) 
Kartelll 
Rose A LeDuo 
Folsom A Brown 
Roach A McCurdy " 
“No Man's Land" 
fid half 
"Bride Shop" 

Bellvtlle, HI. 
WASHINGTON (WVa) 
Altbotr Sisters 
Wilson A Wtlson 
Knapp A Comalla 
fid half 

•Stratford Comedy>4 
CapoB A Snow 
(One to mi) 

Btnirlinmten, N. T. 

STONE (Ubo) 
Alice Manning 



.John H Oordoi Co 
Blanche Alfred OIrls 
Zemato A Smith 
(Two to mi) 

Cednr Rnplds, la. 
MA.IE8TIC (wva) 
Jack Goldie 
Msgttle T.eClaIre Co 
Tracey Palmer A T 
Johnson Dean Rev 
(One to mil 

fid half 

Monroe A Grant 
Cora Grave 
Lspsdon A Smith 
Cliff Dean Co 
Frances Dver Co 
Hotel DeFIddlo 
Cbnmimlam, III. 
ORPHEUM (wva) 
.(Sunday opening) 
King A Brown 
John Mills 
"Pettlpoflta" 

NIek Hufford 
"Colour Gems" 
fid half 

Snmnroff A Sonia 
Altbcff Slaters 



O'Brien A Havel 
Vera DeBasdnl 
Arthur Rigbry 
0 B Lawler A Dr 
BAB Bliiott 
(Two to fill) 

/ CfBcInaatl 
KEITH'S (Ubo) 
Lady Alice’s Feta 
Race A Edge 
Field A Conway 
Nonette 

"Reg Bi» Man" 
Claudle Colemah 
"Bubevllle” 

6 Pandora 

Cleveland 
HIP (Ubo) 
Lucille A Cockle 



Sli 4 went nvura FOR TWO 
6 MlnuUi (ran All Tlwatrts 
OverteoMne Central Park 

Oonaltllng of Parlor, esdteom and Bath 
Lleht. Airy, with All ImprovamMta 

REISENWEBirS HOTEL 

SDtIi Str^ 8!9i CiMlis CIrde 

New York Cl^ 



Henry A Moora 
Billy Batchelor 3 
Prince A Bell 
•“Follies of Day" 

Davenport, la* 
CuLuMuiA (wva) 
Monroe A Grant 
Frances Dyer 
Bill Uoblnson 
Doc Baker A OirlB 
Frear Baggott A F, 
fid half 

Mankin 

Nadell A Folletto 
Homberg A Lee 
Hickey Bros 
5 American Qlrlr 
Uaytoa 
KEITH'S (Ubo) 
(Opening week) 

3 Maxims 
Alex McFayden . 
Coakley A Uuntavy 
Kajab 

Burley A Burley 
“In the Dark" 

Jaa B Thornton 
Wilson Aubrey 8 
Deeatar, IIL 
EMPUE$S (wva) 
(Sunday opening) 
Robert A Robert 
Mowatt A Mullen 
M Taylor Waltreu 
Irving A Ward 
(One to mi) 
fid bait 

Tyler St Clair .. 
Marker A Schenck 
"PettlcoBte" 

Nick Hufford 
Slatoks Rollickera 
Denver 
ORPHEUM 
Cecil Cunningham 
Pern A Oavla 
. Marie Nordstrom 
Harris A Marlon 
Dunbar's Hueean 
"Levitation" 

Gordon A Kern 
PANTAGES (p) 
"Handicap Olrla’* 
Ward A Cullen 
Howard A White 
Hoyt Hyams 8 
Fatricola 

. Archie OnrI Co 



Dimil and bath 
KUUM FOR TWO 












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•"Little Mlsa Dixie" Ford A Cunningh'm SIb M Tavlor Waitress 



BOTTLEVARD (»oew) Kran* A La Salle 



P George Eastman Sis 

Lewis A Leona .METRO (loew) 

•"Lots A TjOte" Al Carpe 

Harry Tenney Linton A Lawrence 

Rubs LeVan Sully Maxwell Quintet 

fid half Edmunds A Leedom 

Maxon A Morris (Two to till) 

Kemp A Rolllnson fid half 

Jspk Kennedy Co Geo A Lily Garden 

Linton A Lawrence Capt Barnett A Sob 

Al Cnme Pox A Ingraham 

AVE B (loew) "Lonely Soldier" 

Pox A Tnerabam ‘ Oeo Rosener 
Arthur Sullivan Co (One to fllD 

DEKALB (loew) 

•“Birds In Dreaml’d" Dorothy Roye 
(One to flin M A J Dove 



fid hsif 

Pranels A DeMar 
Harvev DeVora 8 
Oeo Randall Co 
Wm flleto 
(One to fllD 
HAMILTON (moss) 
Nat Nasssrro Jr 
Canfield A Cohen 
Welling Trio 
(Three to fill) 
fid halt 

Bessie LaCompte 
Vlllano’s Gypsies 
(Pour to fill) 
JEFFERSON ( moss) 
Fitzgerald A Dennis 
"Pearls” 

Boyce Combe Co 



Lee Beggs Co 
•Joe Cook 
Milanl 5 

fid half 

Russ LeVao A Sully 
Bob Mills 
Allen A Francis 
"Big Surprise" 

Adele Oswald 
PULTON (loew) 

P A Rae Warner 
Al Burton Co 
"Lonely Soldier” 

Wm Slsto 
Louise A Mitchell 
fid half 

Prsnele A Wilson 



Avurterdam, N. Y. 

LYCEUM (Ubo) 
Adelaide Barclay 
Nippon Duo 
H^JI Bambola Co 
fid half 

Leonard A Willard 
iTwo to mi) 
Anniston, Ala. 
LYRIC (ubo) 
(Montgomery split) 
1st half 

DeWltt Young A Sis 
Baskett A Cbesletgs 
"Wife Saver” 

Gray A Graham 
"Going Some" 
Atlanta, Oa, 
LYRIC (Ubo) 
(Birmingham split) 
iRt half 
Mile Therese Co 
Rfinkel A Mae 
"Childhood Days” 
Desn A Debrow 
Perers Sextet 
GRAND (loew) 
•Norman 

Howard A .Jenkins 
Jewette A Elgin 



(One to fill) 

fid. half 
Amanda Gray 
4 Fujiyama Japa 
(One to fill) 
Birmlnarliam. Ala. ' 
LYRIC (ubo) 
(Atlanta spilt) 

1st half 
Aerial Mitchells 
Vesno Duo 
Cheyenne- VInstrals 
Stsenonle A Snine 
“NIeht In June" 
RT.TOU (loew) 
Rosalie Ascher 
Carl A Inez 
firoiie-hton A Turner 
Freeman A Barnes 
Barnold’s Animals 
fid half 
•Norman 

Howard A Jenkins 
Jewetta A Plein 
Oiilglev A Fitzgerald 
Just Girls 

Boston 
KEITH'S (ubo) 
Atbos A Reed 
Hector 



.Ins FT Cullen 
Dining Car Mins 
Ohnyleatnn, S. 01 
academy (who) 
(Coliimhis split) 
let half 
Hawaiian Duo 
Florence Rnyfleld 
Potter A Hartwell 
Detxel A Carroll 
Howard A Badler 
Ohnrlnte^ W. O, 
ACADEMY (nho) 
(Roanoke apHt) 
let half 
Tile T.nmha 
T.adW Onartat 
Wends Mnales) 8 
Fnher A Tsylor 
Rernv A T.crralno SIs 



Leo Zarrell 
Minnie Allen A Sis 
Harry Green Co 
Adele Rowland 
Montgamery A Perry 
Seabury A Sbaw 
(One to fill) 

MILES (miles) 
"Old Soldier Fiddlers” 
Gilroy Hsynes A U 
Geo Jessell 

"Sberraan was Wrong" 
Loos Bros 
"Girl In Moon" 
PRISCILLA (sun) 
Norman Bros 
O’Neill Sisters 
Hoyt’s Musical Co 
Dixie Serenaders 
Clark Trio 
Pac'uln Models 
Columbia, 8. O. 
PASTIME (ubo) 
(Charleston spilt) 
1st half 
John Cutty 
Nip A Tuck 
“Between Trains" 
Buxow A Clinton 
Wells Gilbert 8 
Colambos, O. 
KEITH’S (ubo) 
The DeOnzos 
Elise Williams Co 
La Petite NIgnon 
Clifford A Wilks 
"Mastoraingers” 



Ch-ttanooaa. Te^:. 



OuTelpv A Fitzgerald Cartwcll A Harris 



“Everyth’g But Tru" Thaen A Walton 



2d half 

DIngtey A Norton 
Cook a Lorenz 
(One to fill) 



Boyarr Troupe 
(Three to fill) 
fid half 
Eva Puck Oh 



F A Rae Warner "Just Glrla" Ann Gray 

U Burton Co fid half y'J,' Oakland Co 

■Lonely Soldier” ‘Mnck A West Bolden ()p 

(Ym Slsto Jim Doherty . 

Louise A Mitchell "Tnlenhono Tangle” « (loow) 

fid half D«''fo« A D»vto " Larneds 

Francla A Wltann a ntrils Bessie LeCount 

Flake A Fallon 

E.HEMMENDINGER 

Jewelers to the Profession °'‘”'=irhaif'" 

LISERTV BONDS ACCEPTED Td. John H7I Morton Bros 

amto A TOSel 



RIALTO (ubo) 
(Knoxville spilt) 
lat half 

Cliff Bailey Duo 
Vaughn A Dreams 
"Revuo Do Luxe” 
Perna A Howell 
Harvey Co 

Obicagro 

MAJESTIC (orph) 
Elsa Ryan Co 
Elizabeth Murray 
Claire Hocb 
Lawrence Grant Co 
Elsa Ruegger 
Bert Melrose 
•LnDernlca A Girls 
M Montgomery 
Celts Bros 

PALACE (orph) 
"Lincoln Hlghway’n" 
•Sydney Grant 
Lambert A Hall . „ 



BROADWAY (sun) . 
Transfietd Bte 
Manning A Hall 
All Nations Revue 
Skipper Kennedy A R 
Dallas, Tex. 
JEFFERSON (hp) 
Beeman A Anderson 



Detroit 

TEMPLE (ubo) 

Geo MacFarlane 
"American Ballet" 
Claire Vincent Go 
DeLeon A Davla 
Ralph Smalley 
Casper A St Clair 
McConnell A Austin 
Seymour’s Family 
ORPHEUM (miles) 
Belle Oliver 
4 MeyakoB 
LaFrauce A Kennedy 
Kate A Wiley 
Carl McCuttougb 
Casteel’s Motoring 
(One to fill) 
COLUMBIA (sun) 
Aldine A Wright 
Lantgan A Woods 
Columbia Players 
Morse A Mtlatead 
(One to fill) 

Des MoIom, la. 

ORPHBUM 
(Sunday opening) 
Marie Cahill 
Joe Browning 
Gardner A Hartman 
Valenta Bros 
Cordon A Rloa 
Page Hack A Mack 
"Honeymoon" 
EMPRESS (wva) 
Dancing Tyrelle 
Cora Oreve 
Cliff Dean Co 
Baell A Allen 
Willie Broe 

fid half 

Prlnceee Panapl Co 
C HanHon A Village 4 
Frances Rice 
PlpldB A WellB 
(One to fill) 



FRED HILLEBRAND 

Sli'fit (i >Wi^h 

JOS. . M. , (;aites’ 

I’rndiii'iiim . 

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VARIETY 






Dorchvotcri IlIasM. 

F’KLYN HQ (loew) 
»llouier Romaino 
Martiu & Hae 
Dave Thuraby 
•Ara Sisters 
•M halt 

Pariso 

Bessie LeCount 
Scamp & Scamp 
(One to fill ) 

Dubuque, la. 

MAJKSTIG (wva) 
George & Toney 
! Dewitt & Gunther 
Querro & Ct^rinea 
Housch & taVaUe 
' Bobby Henshaw 
Kluting’B Anlmala 
2d halt 

Nolusco & Hurley 
Geo Mack 

Cooney Slaters • 
Jessie Wayward Co 
Cahill & Roamlne 
Frear Baggott & F 
Duluth 
OKPHBUM 
(Sunday opening) 
Eva Tanguay 
j C Nugent Co 
Helen Gleason Co 
Mayo & Lynn 
Frlscoe _ 

Amoros & Jeanette 
Florena Duo 

grand (wva) 
treaon Sisters 
Francis & Hume 
“Pinched” 

“Hello People Hello 
(One to ml) 

2d halt 

•Isabelle Miller Co 
•Fred Lewis 
•Capitol City Girls 
(Two to mi) 

Easton, Pa. 
ABLE (Ubo) 
Wilbur Held 
“Don’t Stop” 

Grlndell & Esther 
Ergottl & Midgets 
(One to All) 

2d halt 
The Frltohes 
Keller & Vardon 
Billy Gleason 
O Demarest Co 
(One to fill) ' 

E. St. Louis, lU. 
ERBER’S (wva) 
The Florenls 
•“Little Miss Dixie” 
Chas Kenna 
Capes & Snow 
2d halt 

Juggling DeLlsle 
Wilson & Wilson 
"Cycle ot Mirth” 

Fred Elliott 

Edmonton 
PANTAGES (p) 
Great Leon 
King 6. Harvey 
Morse Moon Co 
McShane & Hathaway 
Juggling Nelson 
Elmira, N. Y. 
MAJESTIC (ubo) 
Amanda Gray • 

Mr & Mrs H Emmett 
Jerome & Albright 
4 Fujiyama Japs 
2d halt 
3 Melody Girls 
McNally & Ashton 
Wheeler & Moran 
(One to fill) 
Evansville, Ind. 
GRAND (wva) 
(Terre Haute split) 
1st halt 

Conrad & Goodwin 
Marino & Maley 
•"Putting On Airs” 
Frank Morrell 
Crewell Fanton Co 
Pall Ulver, Mass. 
BIJOU (loew) 
Morton Bros 
Smith & Tosel 
Arthur DeVoy Co 
Jos K Wfttson 
(One to fill) 

2d halt 
3 Larneds 
Flske & Fallon 
Chisholm & Breen 
Nat Carr 
•7 Dancing Girls 
Flint. MIeh. 
PALACE (ubo) 
(Sunday opening) 
'iBride Shop” 

2d half 

(Same ns Lansing 1st 
halt) 

Ft. Williams, Cun. 

ORPHBUM (wva) 
1st halt 
Eldora Co 

Edmunds & LdVallo 
Lew Wells 
(One to fill) 

Fresno 
HIP (n&h) 

A1 Rlpon 

Fredericks & Van 
Joe Barton 
Christy &. Bennett 
Denny & Morrison 
2(1 half 
Peat & Stevens 
Roxannn 
Betty William 
Johnsons & Johnson 



Grand noplda, Mich. 

EMPRESS (Ubo) 
LesKclIloes 
Clinton & Rooney 
Cole Russell & p 
Ben Deeley Co 
"Reckless Eve” 

(One to fill) 

Great FuIIa, Mont 

PANTAGES (p) 
(24-25) 

(Same bill playing 
Helena 26) 

“The Love Race” 

J. T. Ray Co 
3 Bullowa Girls 
Green & Pugh 
Helen Moretti 
Jack taVier 

Green Bay Win, 

ORPHEUM (wva) 

2 Vagrants 
Skelly & Heit 
Wanzer & Palmer 
Lovett's Conc'n 

HnmJltfMi, Can. 
LYRIC (ubo) 
Harrison & Burr 
Jas Thompson Co 
"For Pity's Sake” 
Harry Hines 
loleen Sis 
(One to fill) 

LOEW (loew) 

The Nollos 
Bill Pruitt 

"Don’t Lie to Mama” 
Wilson Bros 
Carabot Be Luxe 
Harrlsburgr, Fa. 
MAJESTIC (uho) 
Keller & Vardon 
Homer Miles Co 
Joan Sotbern 
Russell & Devitt 
(One to fill) 

2d halt 

Florence Tlmponi 
Honeyboy Minstrels 
(Three to fill) 
Hartford, Conn. 
POLI’S (ubo) 
Whiteside' Sis 
Nevlns & Erwin 
Byron Totten Co 
Bob Murphy 
Ward & Pryor 
"Girl In the Air” 

2d half 

Willie Hale & Bro 
Chas Edwards 8 
Mr & Mrs S Payne 
Val & E Stanton 

3 Yorl Bros 
(One to fill) 

Hoboken, N. J. 
LOEW (loew) 
Lewis & Raymond 
•’’The Squab” 

•Geo Nagle 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
P George 

Cbappelle & Stanette 

4 Harveys 
Mae Curtis 
Great Howard 

Houston, Tex. 
PRINCE (hp) 
Walsh & Bently 
Denny & Donegan 
•Islanders Stevens Co 
Simpson & Dean 
Herbert Lloyd Co 
Indianapolis 
KEITH’S (ubo) 

The Seebacks 
Leroy Lytton Co 
Maude Bale Co 
Geo Yeoman Co 
‘7[n the Zone” 

Whitfield ft Ireland 
4 Ankers 

Ithaca, N. Y. 
STAR (ubo) 

Swift ft Daly 
3 Melody Girls 
Wheeler ft Moran 
2d halt 
“WIkl Bird” 

Ford ft Cunningham G 
Hugh Emmett ft Co 
Jackson Mich. 
ORPHEUM (ubo) 
(Sunday opening) 
Carletto 

Walmen ft Berry 
"Miss Thanksgiving” 
Jarvis & Harrison 
Chas Ahenrn Tr 
2d halt 

(Same as Saginaw 
1st half 

Jacksonville, Fla. 

ARCADE (ubo) 
(Savannah split) 
(Sunday opening) 

1st halt 
Jordan Girls 
CountlsR Verona 
Sam Lelbert Co 
Kenny ft Hollis 
Richards 

•Icrsey City 
KEITH’S (ubo) 

2d half (19-22) 
Kennedy & Nelson 
•Geo MaeDnOleen 
•Sliding B Watson 
Eastman Sisters 
Murrnv Bennett 
Bert Hurgcs Tr 
1st half (23-25) 

The Brlghtons 
Riees ft Rvan 
Harry Antrim 
Ruth Roye 
(Others to till) 



johnsfown, Ph. 

MAJESTIC tubo) 
(Pittsburgh split) 
1st half 

Jeanne 

6 Inter Tourists 
Belle Montrese 
Smllletta Ste 
(One to fill) 

Kalainacoo, MIoh. 

MAJESTIC (ubo) 
(Sunday opening) 
"All Girl Revue” 

2d halt 

(Same as Jackson 1st 
bait) 

KaniuiB City, Mo. 

ORPHBUM 
(Sunday opening) 
Derwent Hall Caine 
Bankoff Co 
Bensee ft Baird 
Valyda Braz Nuts 
Herman & Snlrley 
H ft H Savage 
Wellington Cross 
PANTAGES (p) 
(Sunday opening) 
"An Arabian Night" 
Misses Parker 
Creighton Belm’t & C 
Sully Rogers ft Sully 
Davy Jamelson 
Lew Wilson . 
Knoxville, Tenn. 

BiJOU (ubo) 
(Chattanooga spilt) 
1st half 

La Belle ft Lillian 
Emily Earl 
Whltte 

Elkins Fay ft E 
The Randalls 
LanalBK, Mlcb. 
BIJOU (ubo) 
(Sunday opening) 
Adonis & Dog 
Harris ft Nolan 
•“Hit the Trail" 

Alice Hamilton 
College Quintet 
2d half 

(Same as Battle Creek 
1st halt) 

Lima, ,0. 
ORPHBUM (sun) 
Five Cubans 
Mansfield- ft Riddle 
U S Pour 
Adams & Thomas 
„ , ^2d halt 

Paul Bauwens 
O’Donnell ft Blair 
Delight Ethel ft H 
Arco Bros 

Lincoln, Neb. 
ORPHBUM 
Horace Golden Co 
Dooley & Nelson 
■ Tina Lerner 
Moran & Mack 
Grace DeMar 
Loa Angelea 
ORPHEUM 
(Sunday opening) 
Ralph Herz 
Marla Lo Co 
Columbia & Victor 
Mile Dazle Co 
Willie Solar 
Gilbert ft Friedlander 
9 White Hussars 
PANTAGES (p), 
Mahoney ft Rogers 
Sanderson A Rean 
"World In Harmony” 
"Ocean Bound” 
"Fashions do Vogue” 
Eddie Rosa 

HIP (a&h) 
Fletcher ft Terre 
SelbinI ft Qlovlnl 
Bernard ft Myer 
"Days of Long Ago” 
Layman Curzon ft A 
Binns ft Burt 
Louisville, Ky. 
KEITH’S (ubo) 
(Nashville split) 

1st bait 
Carl Rosine Co 
Frazer Bunco ft H 
Hale Norcross Co 
Brlerre ft King 
"All for Ladles" 
ANDERSON’S (ubo) 
(Opening week) 
York’s Doga 
El Clive 

Nacart & Bradford 
4 Haley Sis 
"The Miracle” 
Rigoletto Bros 
Kelly ft Galvin 
La Gracloaa 

Lowell, Mass. 
KEITH’S (ubo) 
Sprague ft McNeece 
•Lillian Maker 
Bond Wilson 3 
McNally DInus Co 
Swift ft. Kelly 
Harry Breen 
"Hands Across Sea" 
Macon, Ga. 
GRAND (ubo) 
(Augusta split) 

1st halt 
Lela Selblni 
Nevlns ft Mayo 
Mr & Mrs Melbourne 
McCormack ft Winch 
Tossing Austins 
Madiaon, WIs. 
ORPHEUM (wva) 
Gub Edwards Rev 



2d half 

Annette ft Morrell 
Porter J White Co 
Boganny Troupo 
(Two to fill) 
McKeesport, Fa. 
HIP (Ubo) 
Granville ft Mack 
,Geo Leonard 
Gruet Kramer ft G 
Coleman’s Manikins 
Belle Myers 
Valdares 

Memphis, Tenn. 

ORPHEUM 
liee Kohlmar Co 
Courtney Sisters 
Harry Jolson 
Laura Hottman 
Ruth Budd 
Stewart ft Keeley 
Paul LaVar ft Bro 
LYCEUM (loew) 
McAvoy ft Brooks 
Homer ft Bubard 
"Who Is He?” 
Resists . 

2d halt 
Carl ft Inez 
Broughton ft Turner 
Freeman ft Barnes 
Barnold’s Animals 
Mllwaufceo 
MAJESTIC (orpb) 
Lillian Shaw 
Odlva 

Sbattuck ft O’Nell 
Llbonoti 
Ward Bros 
McIntosh ft Maids 
Eddie Carr Co 
4 Leon Sisters 
PALACE (wva) 
(Sunday opening) 
Annette ft Morrell 
Bessie Clifton 
Mayor ft Manicure 
Wanzer ft Palmer 
Lovett’s Cono’tr’n 
Glenn ft Jenkins 
2d half 

Mahoney ft ' Auburn 
Newkirk ft H Girls 
Lorraine ft Bannister 
Zeno ft Mandel 
(Two to 1m) 
Mlnaeapolla 
ORPHBUM 
Mme S Bernhardt 
Walter Brower 
Helen Trlx .& Sis 
Vokes ft Don 
Bert Earle ft Girls 
Mr ft Mrs Q Wilde 
Models Classlque 
PANTAGES (p) 
(Sunday opening) 

B ft H Gordon 
Jue Quon Tai 
Barney Williams Co . 
Navassar Girls 
Selina’s Circus 
GRAND (wva) 

Gay ft Oilrose 
Cblet Little Elk Co 
Maybelle Phillips 
Viola Knapp Co 
PALACE (wva) 
LaPetite Rev 
Frick A Adair 
Deldos A Imo 
AI Ricardo 

"Frontier of Preod’m" 
Mobile, Ala. 
GRAND (ubo) 
(New Orleans split) 
1st half 
Togan ft Oeneav 
'Rubini A Carlotta 
Harry Bond Co 
Mazier ft Thompson 
Kenny ft La France 
MoUne, HL 
PALACE (wva) 
(Sunday opening) 
Harvey Holt 3 
. Cahill ft Romatne 
Jessie Hayward Co 
Hickey Boys 
CAM Dunbar 
2d half 
Goldie ft Mack 
Querro ft Carmen 
Harry Tatee Co 
Bill Robinson 
Aeroplane Girls 
Montgomery, Ala. 
GRAND (ubo) 
(Anniston split' 
(Sunday opening) 

1st half 
The Brads 
Bums ft Wilson 
Milton Pollock Co 
Meredith ft Snoozer 
Lamb’s Manikins 
Montreal 
PRINCESS (ubo) 
Helen Jaekley 
W ft M Rogers 
NIta Jo 
“Just a Bet” 

Madison ft Winchester 
Barr Twins 
Lew Dockstader 
(One to fill) 

LOEW (loew) 
Stone ft Boyle 
Largay ft Snee 
•Guy Woodward Co 
Buddy Walker 
Revue de Vogue 
Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 
PROCTOR’S (ubo) 

2d half (10-22) 
Merle’s Birds 
Forrest A Church 



Ed Averllng 
•Leroy Talma ft B 
Swift A Kelly 
•Eddie Leonard Co 
1st half (23-25) 
Sliding B Watson 
•B McCoy Oo 
Eastman Sisters 
(Others to fill) 

Narindile^ Tenn. 
PRINCESS (ubo) 
(Louisville split) 
1st half 

3 Serenaders . . 

Juliet Dlka 
(Three, to fill) 

New Hnven, Conn. 

BIJOU (ubo) 
Lalgh ft La Grace 
Strand Trio 
Mr A Mrs S Payne 
Reynolds ft White 
Herbert Ashley Co 
2d half 
The Hennings 
Horn ft Ferris 
"Speaking of Men” 
Girl in the Air 
(One to fill) ' 
PALACE (ubo) 
.Willie Hale ft Bro 
Rebn ft Fitoh 
Gray ft Byron 
"The Plano Movers ’ 
Walter J Scanlon 

4 Rennees 

2d half 

Fern Bigelow. & K 
Brown Campbell & L 
Ward, ft Pryor „ 
Frazer Fialoy Co 
Lydia Barry 
Gray ft Old Rose 
New Orleaus, La, 
PALACE (uho) 
(Mobile split) 

1st half 
Clemenso Bros ' 

Ryan ft Joyce 
Middleton ft Spellm'r 
Norwood ft Hall 
Bally Hoo 8 ^ 

CRESCENT (loew) 
Adams ft Mangle 
•Zelda Dunn 
Cooper ft Gordon 
Lane ft Plant 
Caeaer Rlvoll Co 
2d half 
Rosalie Asober 
MoAvoy ft Brooks 
Homer ft DeBard 
"Who Is He” 

Resists 

New Rochelle, N, Y, 
LOEW (loew) 
Cbappelle ft Stanette 
Mumford ft Thompson 
McClellan ft Carson 
2d half 
Harry Sykes 
McClellan ft Carson 
(One, to fill) 

Norfolk, Va. 

ACADEMY (ubo) 
(Richmond split) 

1st half 

Catherine Powell 
Biff Bang 8 
Mack ft Mary 
Frank Crumlt 
0 Va Steppers 

NorrUtowtt, Pa. 
GARRICK (moss) 
Burke Bros ft Kendall 
Dunham &' O’Mally 
Ladt Tim Mio 
Old Homestead 5 
2d half 

Knowles ft Hurst 
"Golden Bird" 
"Violets” 

(One to fill) 

Okla. City, Ohio. 
LIBERTY (bp) 
(Same bill plays Mus- 
kogee 22) 

Frank LeDent Co 
Davey JamlBon 
Nancy Boyer Co 
Chae Althoff 
"Reel Guys” 

! Oaklandl 
ORPHEUM 
“Where Things Hap” 
A Moskova Ballet 
Shaw ft Campbell 
Morris ft Campbell 
Wilfred Clarke Co 
Eddy Duo 
Lou Holtz 

PANTAGES (p) 
(Sunday opening) 
Lucy Gillette 
”Bon Voyage 
Moratti Linton Co 
Creamer- Barton ft S 
Parish ft Peru 
J & D Miller 
MCDONOUGH (n&h) 
”In Paradise” 

Betty William 
Rose & Rosanna 
(Three to fill) 

2d half 
Joe Barton 
(Five to fill) 

Oaden 

PANTAGES (p) 
(26-28) 

"Quakert’n to B’way” 
Emily Darrell Co 
Marlon Munson Co 
Cosqla ft Vordl 
3 Bartos 
Al Whelman 



' Oiqaba, Neb. 

ORPHBUM 
(Sunday opening) 

C MacDonald 
Paul Decker Co 
Andy Rice 
Marion Weeks 
Drew ft Wallace 
Roy Hsrrah Co 
Lander Bros 

* Ottawa ■ 
DOMINION (ubo) 
Espe ft Dutton 
"Corner Store” 

Oonne A Albert 
(Twaito fill) 

PawtntAet^ B. 1. 

SCENIC (ubo) 
LaFo)ttta A BeBtrr 
Long ft Wilkes 
Eddie Healif 
Fern Bigelow ft K 
2d half 
Evelyn ft Dolly 
Rob ft Robinson 
Donald T Roberts 
Palfrey Hull ft B 

Fetersbarg, Va. 

CENTURY (ubo) 
Simons ft Brantley 
Bicknell 
Al Taylor 

"Bullet Proof Lady” 
(One to fill) 

2 half 

Leroy ft Cooper 
Mai 7 Maxfleld 
Kalalino’s Hawallans 
Mason £ Qooine 
Zlska ft King 

Pblladelpbla 

KEITH’S (ubo) 
Belle ft Eva 
Cassoh ft Sherlock 
Dugan ft Raymond 
Ned Norworth Co 
Rita Maria Orchestra 
Alfred Latell Co 
Blanche Ring 
Diamond ft Brennan 
Asahi Troupe 
GRAND (Ubo) 
Bouncer’s Ctreus 
Rosman ''ft Dorothy 
V ft C Avery 
Newhott ft Phelps 
Hamilton ft Barnes 
Stampede Riders 
BWAY (ubo) 
Kitamura Tr 
Harry Batchelor 
Rives 6 Arnold 
"Violets” 

2d half 

McLellan ft Casson 
Durklp Girls 
Dunham ft O’Valley 
"On West Front" 
ALLEGHENY (ubo) 
Sophie Tucker Co 
Mullen ft.Coogan 
Emmy’s Pets 
Ray ft Paganl 
(Ode to fill) 
ALHAMBRA (moss) 
Walton ft Daniels 
Liiokle ft Bums 
"New Model” 

Hall ft O’Brien 
Henry ft Fihy 
ZerthoB and Bogs 
CROS3KBY3 (moss) 
McClellan ft Carson 
Purkin Girls 
Henry Clive 
Lottie Williams Co 
Eckhardt ft Parker 
Geo Primrose Mins 
2d half 
Nolan ft Nolan 
3 Quinnlan Bros 
Fred Weber Co 
Corse Payton Co 
Lucky ft Bums 
“Bon Bons” 

GLOBE (moss) 
Padula ft DeNore 
The Telocks 
P PlatoBoofs Co 
Eugene Emmett 
"Rooky Pass” 

Hanlon ft Clifton 
Lee ft Bennett 
"BonflireB old Empires” 
Jones ft Sylvester 
Gypsy Songsters 

Pittsbargb, Pa. 

DAVIS (ubo) 

The Geralds 
Conly ft Welt 
Great Lester 
Frances Kennedy 
"The Only Girl” 

Serg Brown ft 
Corp Shea 
(Two to fill) 
SHERIDAN SQ (ubo) 
(Johnstown split) 

. 1st half 
Wilbur ft Lyke 
Julian Hall 
M Atfioros Trio 
Lewis ft Norton 
3 Bennett Sis 
HARRIS (ubo) 
Wheeler Bros 
Milton ft Rich 
Jessie Parker Co 
Quinn ft De Re] 

Synco 

Arthur Ldvtne Co 
Wells ft Gilmore 
(One, to fill) 

Portland, Ore. 
ORPHEUM 
Julius Tannen 
Mack A Walker 



Fisher Hawley Co < 
Creole Fashion Plate 
Mllletta. Sisters. 

Heraa ft Preston 
Albert Joyce 
Vertchamp ft Alberts 
KEITH’S (ubo) 
Hazel Moran 
Brennan ft Davis 
Rawson ft Clare 
Rose ft Moon 
Crawford’s Show 
Orth ft (k>dy 
PANTAGES (p) 
Spanish Dancers 
Fermalne ft Shelly 
"Pretty Soft” 

Victoria Trio 
Rekoma 

. Pe^UlCk P«. 
HIP (mou) 
Knowles ft Hurst 
"Golden Bird” 

Howard A Lewis 
"On Western Front” 
2d half 

Burke Bros ft Kendall 
Walters ft Daniels' 
Lady Tim Mle 
pid Homestead 5 

PrOTldenec^ R. I. 

KEITH’S (abo) 

The Ferraros 
Armstrong ft James 
"Nowadays” 

Nash ft Donnell 
Lillian Fitzgerald 
William Eba 
Chllson Orhman ’ 
’’Study In Sculpture” 
EMBRY (loew) 
Scamp ft Scamp 
Edab Deldrldge 3 
Chas Mack Co 
Hawthorne ft Anthony 
Strassell’s Animals 
2d half 
Melva Sisters 
Dave Thursby 
•"Any Couple” 

Zubn ft Drels 
•Ara Sisters - 

Readlagr, Pa. 

MAJESTIC (ubo) 
Brant ft Aubrey 
Roy La Pearl 
Ben ft Hazel Mann 
Nature’s Nobleman 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Jack ft.Forrls 
Lloyd ft 'Whitehouse 
Jean Sotbern 
’’Perhaps You’re 
Right” . 

(One to fill) 

Rlcbmond, lad. 
MURRAY (sun) 
Jean Barrios 
Morgan ft Stewart 
2d half 

McComb ft Ewart Tw 
Gardner’s Maniacs 
Richmond, Va. 
LYRIC (ubo) 
(Norfolk split) 

1st half 
Stewart Sisters 
Clark ft Budd 
Jenny Burke 
Henry’s Pets 
(One to fill) 

Roaaoke, Va. 
ROANOKE (ubo) , 
(Charlotte split) 

1st half 
Martin & Bayes 
The Dohertys 
Scotch Lads ft Lassies 
Lew Hawkins 
Peterson Bros 
Rocheater, N. Y. 
TEMPLE (ubo) 
Rooney ft Bent 
Fradkin A Tell 
Chris Richards 
. Edith. Clifford 
Mazle King Co 
Hollowan ft Wlllette 
Everest’s Circus 
Frank Shields 
Roekford, lU. 
PALACE (wva) 
(Sunday opening) 
Latoy's Models 
Newkirk A Girls 
Knorr A Rella 
Zeno ft Mandel 
Boganny Troupe 
2d half 

Diamond ft Daughter 
Mayor ft Manicure 
Langdon ft Smith 
Doc Baker ft Girls 
Glenn ft Jenkins 
Sacramento 
ORPHBUM 
(23-24) 

(Same bill playing 
Stockton 25-26 ; Fres- 
no 27-28) 

Robt T Haines Co 
Cervo 

Gautier’s Toy Shop 
Mack 'Williams 
Amoros Sisters 
Bison City 4 
Cdniin & Glass 
HIP (a&h) 

Leo Data ft Co 
Moore ft Gray 
Tom & Pearl Almond 
Ward Baker Co 
Burke ft Lee 
Demi Trusea Tr 
Pickett ft Pluikett 



2d half 
Enos Frazere 
Voltaire ft Lloyd 
Green ft Bailey 
Herbert ft Lee 
Shaffer Leonard ft F 
Lipton’s Monks 
Saginaw, Mich. 
JEF-STRAND (ubo) 
r. opening) 

Rose ft Dell 
P ft Q DeMbnt 
M Hamilton Co 
Franklyn Pay 
Clark’s Hatfsilans , 

2d half 

(Same as Bay City 1st 
. half) 

Sf, Laoia 

ORPHBUM 
DeHaven ft Parker 
Andrew Mack 
Rose ft Bernard 

wS'SS® 

Elsie LaBerbere 
(wva) 

Kramer ft Cross 
Downs ft Gomes 
E J Moore 
Zara Carmen Trio 
rawson ft Sunder’d 
Wilson ft Van 
Imtour ft Gold 
The Lemon 

IMPERIAL ( wva) 
Tabor ft Green 
Diaz Monks 
CPhree to fill) 

KINGS (wva) 
Juggling DeLlsle 
Deroy ft Dayton 
_ Cycle of Mirth” 
J^red BlHott 
Dining Car Mins 
D , „.?d half 
Paul Cboncbas Co 
^herty ft Sealta 
Clifford HIppis Co 
AleMader ft Fiew, 
Black ft White 

St Paul 
„ ORPHBUM 

Ford Bisters ' ^ 

Richards 
Dale ft Burch 
Kathryn ft Murray 
Merian s Dogs 
Lew Maddsn Co 
P aLace Cwva) 

The Totos ^ 

' & Imokmar 

7 Serenaders 
Dot Marsell 
(One to fill) 

(2d half) 

;^ream Blstera 
F^cls ft Hume 
Sidney Taylor Co 
Bmele Clifton. 

Hello People, Hello” 

Bait Imke 

„ ORPHEUM 

Wl^Uon“"lSck^y^‘“*^ 
Milton ft DeLong Sis 
Keane ft -White 
Qygl ft Vaple 

from Milwaukee” 
Julia Ring Co 
Milt Collins 
PANTAGES (p) 
"Temptation” 

"Finders Keepers” 
Cook ft Oatman 
Curtis’ Canines 
Wm H Rogers 
Saa Antonlov Tex. 

ROYAL (hp) 

Rose & Ellis 
Sol Borns 

Mr ft Mrs P Fisher 
Noodles Fagan Co 
"Girl of Delhi” 

San Dteso 

PANTAGES (p) 
Oalettl’e Baboons 
Denisbawn Dancers 
Billy Blllott 
.Reddington ft Grant 
Talby ft Harty 
Eastman Trio 

HIP (a&h) 
Hopkins ft Axtell 
Arnold B Wumellt- 
Wllson ft Tomsell 
De Peron Trio 
Sharp ft Gibson 
Brinkman ft Steele Sis 
2d half 
Lew Huff 
Les Arados 
"Milady’s Gowns” 
Whirlwind Hagens 
Dupree ft Wilson 
San Francisco 
ORPHBUM 
(Sunday opening) 
"Girl on Magazine” 
Mrs T Whitten Co 
Bessye Clifford 
Eddie Foyer 
Florence Tempest 
Clark ft Bergman 
Kltaro Japs < 

Tracey & McBride 
PANTAGES (p) 

‘ Stockings” 

"Mile a Minute" 
Hooper ft Burkhardt 









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'Wlnton Bras 
DeMidieUe Bros 
Fred Kelly • 
CASINO (a&h) 
(Sunday opening) 
"Hun Chasers" 
Nestor’s Sweethearts 
Kip ft Klppy 
Bale lA^lIson 
O'RourIce ft Atkinson 
. HIP (a&h) 
(Sunday opening) 
Seymour ft Dupree 
'Walter Baker Co 
The Zellinis 
Jarvis ft Gaffney 
Hartelle 

S Dennis Sisters 



Sprlnadleld* Ot 

SDN (sun) 
Angell ft DeYoe 
Paul Bauwens 
O’Donnell ft Blair 
Briscoe ft Raub 
Arco Bros 

2d halt 

Mansfield ft Riddle 
Raines ft Goodrich 
Belgium Trio 
(Two to fill) 



Savaniiah* Ga. 

BIJOU (Uho) 
(Jdeksonville split) 
1st half 
Sterling Rose S 
Oeorgle Bmmett 
Holliday ft Neville 
Harris ft Lyman 
Misses Challonte 



Schenectady* H. X, 

PROCTOR’S (Uho) 

J ft A Keeney 
Bd Morton 
Diane ft Rublnl 
Farrell Taylor Co ~ 
Johnny Clarke Co 
2d half 
Red ft Blondy 
Edna Luby 
R H Hodge Co 
Kilkenny Duo 
"Miss America’’ 



Scranton, Pa. 

POU’S (ubo) 
(Wllkesbarre split) 
1st half 
The Dartos 
Lezey ft O’Connor 
Capps Family 
Hilton ft Rogers 
"Rialto Review’’ 



S eattle 
ORPHBUM 
(Sunday opening) 
Dore’s Celebrities 
ImhoB (lonn ft Coreene 
Brendel ft Bert 
Leipzig 

Tvette ft Saranoff 
Emerson ft Baldwin 
Loaova ft Gilmore 
PANTAOBS (p) 

"Oh Channed” 

Bailey ft Austin 
Sherman 'Van ft H 
Regay ft Mack 
Hill Tivoli ft Hill 



Sloax Olty, la. 
ORPHEUM (wva) 
Turner A Grace 
Mahoney ft Rogers 
Lehoen A Duprece 
"Camouflage’’ 

(Two to fill) 

2d halt 
Nora Kelly 
Brown's Highlanders 
Jack Goldie 
Willie Bros 
(Two to fill) 

South Bend, Ind. 
ORPHEDM (wva) 
(Sunday opening) 
Artolse Bros 
Lilian Kingsbury Co 
Sen Fran Murphy 
Choy Beng Wa Tr 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
"Vanity Pair” 
Spokane 
PANTAQBS (p) 
Worden Bros • 

"Revue Bouauet" 

T P Dunn 
Wm Flemmen Co 
Holmes ft LeVere 
“Barefoot Bey” 
Springfield, III. 
MAJESTIC (wva) 
(Sunday opening) 
Tyler ft St Clair 
"Yankee Princess’’ 

2d half 
The Florenis 
Mowatt ft Puller 
PltzBimmonB ft Nor- 
mand 
June Mills 
Dedie Velde Co 
Sprlaarfleld, IWaan. 

PALACE (ubo) 
it Sports 

Walsh ft Edwards 
Obas Edwards 3 
"Garden Belles’’ 

Val A E Stanton 
Louis Hart 

2d half 

Frawley ft West 
Flager ft Malta 
Dinkins McCarthy ft E 
Walter J Scanlon 
Moon ft Morris 
McKay’s Revue 
B’WAY (loew) 
Melva Sisters 
Calvin ft ’Thornton 
*‘‘Any Couple’’ 

Zuhn ft Drels 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Homer Romalne 
Edah Deldridge 3 
Chas Mack Co 
Hawthorne ft Anthony 
(One to fill) 



VARIETY 



n 



StodctoB 
HIP (afth). 

Peat Stevens 
Gehan ft Gehan 
Joe Barton 
(Three to fill) 

2d halt 

(Same as Sacramento 
1st half) 

finjpmclor, 'WIs. 
PALACE (wva) 
'Ware ft Marvin 
Sidney Taylor Co 
(Three to fill) 

2d half 
The Totos 
Murphy ft Lackmar 

7 Serenaders 
Dot Marsell 
(One to fill) 

Syracuse, N» Y, 

CRESCENT (ubo) 

H ft E West 
McNally ft Ashton 
James Grady Co 
Aus Stan Stanley Co 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Swift ft Daly 
Alice Manning 
Nippon Duo 
Hadji Sambola Co 
(Two to fill) I 
TEMPLE (ubo) 
Harmon ft O’Coimoi 
Tllyou ft Ward 
R Hodge Co 
Sylvester ft Vance 
"On-lfonilla Bay" 

2d half 

8 Lachman Sisters 
Charles Reilly 
Howard ft Ross 
Paynton Howard ft L 
Fields Keane ft W 
Johnny Clarke Co - 



Vanconyer, B. O. 

ORPHEUM 



Tacoma 
PANTAGES (p) 
"He’S a Devil”. 

Mller Packer ft Sell 
Jackie A Billy 
The Norvellos 
'Wheeler ft Potter 
"Red S’ox Trot" 
Terre Haute, Ind. 
NEW HIPP (wva) 
(Evansvlle split) 
1st halt 
"Mimic World’’ 
Toledo 

KEITH’S (Ubo) 
Girard’s Monkeys 
Fred Allen 
"Some Bride” 

Chief Caupolican 
"Petticoats” - 
Adolphus Co 
JAM Harkins 
4 Bolses 

Toronto 
HIP (ubo) 

The Sheldons - 
Olathe Miller Co 
McCarthy ft Levering 
Marie Russell 
(Two to fill) 

YOUNGE (loew) 
Gordon ft Gordon 
•M Prince ft Girls 
Jimmy Britt 
Douglas Flint Co 
Friend ft Dowlng 
*Ginlianl Quartet 
Trenton, N. J. 
STATE BT (moss) 
Nnlan & Nolan 
Fay ft J Smith 
Jack Marley 
Gold Reece ft Edw 
2d half 
A Gilbert 

F Fay ft Jazz Band 
(Two to fill) 

Troy, N. Y. 
PROCTOR’S (ubo) 
Vim Beauty ft H 
Charles Reilly 
Imperial Quintet 
Fields Keane ft W 
"Miss America" 
Leonard ft Willard 
Ford ft Urma Co 
2d half 

Sylvester ft Vance 
Tom Nawn Co 
Tllyou & Ward 
"On Manila Bay”' 
Nellie V Nichols 
Tronoll Duo 

ITtloa, N. Y, 
COLONIAL (ubo) 
Swain’s Animals 
Mabel Hamilton 
Duval ft Symonds 
Josle Heather Co 
H ft O Ellsworth 
Hotter Bros 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
0 ft J Woods 
Jerome ft Albright 
"Children of France” 
Burns ft Frabito 
(Three to fill) 



A Haseh Ballet 
Whipple ft Huston 
Lelghtners tLAlez 
Flstel ft Cushing 
Rev F Dorman 
Aus Creightons 
Jas J Morton 
PANTAGES (p) 
"Helii, PoUoo" 

Cameron Oaylor Co 
Detective Keane 
American Hawaiian 3 
Kremka Bros 

Victoria, C. 

, PANTAGBS.XP) 
^QUyes” ',5 
Britt Wood . „ . , 
Octavla Handsworth Co 
Foils Sis ft LeRw 
Zeno Dunbar ft J 
'Waco, Tex, 
ORPHEUM (hp) 
Alexandria 
Moore ft Rose- 
Alex Bros, ft Evelyn 
Donavon ft Lee 
“Peacock Alley” 
yyaakiagtoz^ D. O. 

KEITH’S (Ubo) 
Theo Kosloff Co 
"Best Sellers” 

Janet Adair Co 
*Stephen D O’Rourke 
Bob Hall 
Collins ft Hart 
Harris ft Morey 
Robbie Oordone 
COSMOS (moss) 
Weber ft Elliot 
Mr ft Mrs Claire 
Royal Oasoolgnes 
Arthur Rigby 
"Little Burglar” 

(One to fill) 
'Waterbary, Conn. 

POLI’S (Ubo) 

The Hennings 
Merrilees ft Doris 
Bums A Ardlne 
Payer Finley Co 
Lydia Barry 
Grey A Old Rose 
2d halt 

Whiteside Sisters 
Walsh ft Edwards 
Shannon ft Annls 
Nevlns ft Erwin . 

Le Orobs 

Bachelor’s Romance 
Waterloo, la. 
MAJESTIC (wva) 
(Sunday opening) 
Goldie ft Mack 
Cooney Sisters 
Homhsrg ft Lee 
C Hanson ft Village 4 
Robt Everest 
2d half 

Hughes Musical Duo 
George ft Tony 
Leigh DeLacey Co 
Big City 4 
Johnson Dean Rev 
WUk«iH.Barre, Pa. 
POLI’S (Ubo) 
(Scranton split) 

1st halt 

Dancing Cronins 
Dolle Sisters 
Frank Conroy Co 
Frank Gaby 
Ernie Antonio 3 
WUmlngton, DeL 
GARRICK (ubo) 
Petroff Co 
Doris Dare 
"Playmates” 

B Heath Co 
Kalmar ft Brown 
Kaufman Bros -sa- 
Jean Duval Co 
Winnipeg 
ORPHBUM 
Walter C Kelly 
‘Married via Wire” 
Dickinson ft Deagon 
3 O’Gonnan Girls 
Sylvia iioyal Co 
Prosper ft Maret 
Gallagher ft Rooley 



PANTAGES (p) 
Tom Edwards Co 
The Youngers 
"The Owl” 

Manning Keeney ft K 
Reves ft Oaynor Girls 
STRAND (wva) 
Johnny ft Wise 
Cummings ft Carroll 
MoWma Sttendal ft B 
Arlsto Troupe ' 

2d half 

(Same as Ft William 
1st half) 

WoOBUoeket, R. I. 
BIJOU (ubo) 
Evolyn ft Dolly 
Donlay T Roberts 
Palfrey Hull A B 
2d half 

LaPolitta ft DeBarr 
Eddie Healy 
Fern Bigelow ft K 
Woroeater, Man. 
POLI’S (ubo) 
Stewart ft Cumberly 
Brown Campbell 'ft L 
Shannon ft Annla 
Moon ft Morris 
Osakl ft Taki 
2d halt 

"Birds of a Feather” 
Dave Jonson 
Gray ft Byron 
Rebn ft Fltoh 
Herbert Aahley Co 
PLAZA (ubo) 
Sherwln Kelly 
Crazy Quilts 
McKay’s- Scotch - Rev 
Flager ft Malta 
Mang ft Snyder 
2d half 
Vanie ft Allen 
Shirley SU 
Burns ft Ardlne 
"Garden Belles" 

(One to fill) 

YottfcCM, N. Y. 
PROCTOR’S (ubo) 
"Sultan” 

Ben Smith 
(Two to fill) 

2d halt 

Lawton 

Mack ft Redding 
Armstrong ft Ford 
8 Black Dots 
York, Pa. 

OPERA S^SB (Uho) 
Jack ft Forla 
"Perhaps You’re 
Right" 

Billy Gleason 
(’Two to fill) 

2d halt 
Roy La Pearl 
Ben A Hazel Mann 
Nature’s Nobleman 
(Two to fill) 
Youngstowii, O, 
KEITH’S (ubo) 
Teohoro’s Oats 
Adams A Griffith 
Rloo ft Werner 
Man Off Wagon 
MoDevltt Kelly ft L 
Jean Adair Co 
H ft A SeymoUre 
Ben Beyer Co 
Paris 

ALHAMBRA 
Fred Lindsay 
Sam Barton 
Purcells Bros 
Flying Banolas 
Alphonse Ranoy 
Faton (Monkey) 

Olga Morselli 
Arizona Trio 
Romain Notset 
Killy Grenelle 
Merlel 

NOUVEAU CIRQUE 
Jess Pedersen 
Plssluttl ft Lola 
Maurice Chevalier 
Bijou ft Antonio 
Mitzordo Jap Tr 
Sisters Maiss 
Leon Rogee 
Terplsohore 
Chas Pllne 
Jack ft Olgi Ovaro 



CABARET 



The nbw Maxim's show opening next 
Monday will have Veronica and the 
Gossler Twins among its principals. 



Some of the road houses around New 
York shut down tight last Sunday, 
while others kept open in a way, but 
did scarcely any business. 



Ethly and Addison Fowler, at Baron 
Long’s Ship cafe, Los Angeles, for a 
run of 50 weeks, are coming east, for 
the first time. They are dancers and 
have been called “The Castles of the 
Coast." . - - 



After visiting out-of-town one might 
change an opinion that New York 
restaurant men are the only ones who 
have bulged out their menu card prices 
to the bursting point. All over it’s 
about the same.' with the out-of-town- 
ers, however, taking the lead ‘from New 
York, Up-State last week three hotel 
proprietors in one city w'ere called be- 
fore the local food administration and 
fined $50 each, with a more severe 
penalty promised if they did not stop 

E rofiteering. The food administrator 
ad ii) figures where the hotels had 
charged ^ per cent, profit on 'two 
items of vegetables. 



Paul Corvin, formerly of the Clifton 
Trio that had to disband owing to one 
of its members being drafted, is al 
Sennett’s, Bronx, where he has or- 
ganized a trio composed of Jim 
O’Brien, Harry Walken and himself. 



Fannie Brice, who was leading in 
“Why Worry?” when that- show 
stopped after one of the season’s 
short runs, may return to "The Mid- 
night Frolic” on the Amsterdam Roof. 
Miss Brice was there in the summer. 



Earl Fuller has four orchestras in 
the Rector’s places. The downstairs 
orchestra at Rector’s, with 12 pieces, 
is led by Joe Samuel; the upstairs 
(ballroom) of nine pieces by Mike 
Special and there is a Jazz combination 
in the same room, of five pieces. Ben 
Selvin is the leader of the other Fuller • 
orchestra of seven pieces at the Moulin 
Rouge. 



Guyon’* Paradise in Chicago; one of 
the largest dancing establishments in 
the world, opened its 1918-1919 season 
Thursday, September 19, after being 
closed for nearly three months. Ex- 
tensive alterations were made to per- 
mit of larger dancing space and the 
installation of new features. In its 
new shape the hall can accommodate 
7,000 dancers and 1,000 diners at the 
same time. 



“Vanity Fair” opened at Rector’s 
(downstairs) last week. It’s a very 
dressy revue, of several principals and 
girls. The dressing compares with the 
elaborateness of the same thing always 
specialized in in the other Rector's 
floor entertainment, at the Palais 
Royal. The costumes for the ensembles 
are striking. It’s quite the best show 
in this respect that Rector’s has given. 
Otherwise in playing and principals 
there is nothing exceptional. La 
Syiphe the dancer is in the lead. Others 
are Mabel Jones, Kosner and O’Dette, 
the Mertons, Gloria D’Arcy (who leads 
several numbers, including "The Amer- 
ican Jazz,” the big number of the show, 
that also has a girls’ jazz band with 
Delphi Daughn as the dancer and the 
Brady collie dogs taking part) ; the 
Sheldons, Kitty McLaughlin and Ar- 
ture Lugaro, besides the chorus mrls ; 
Carol Hayden, Grayce Hall, Ruth 
Townsend, Elsie McMillin, Marguerite 
Thomson, Madge McCarthy, Jeanne 
Voltaire, Lucile Gordon^ Helen Walker, 
Marie Williams, Betty Stone, Ara Mar- 
tin, Christine Palfy (the latter four 
with the collies). 



ProiiosaU to install soda water foun- 
tains in the restaurants when prohi- 
bition takes effect in this country are 
being made by manufacturers of the 
fountajns to restaurateurs. At the 
fountains if employed very fancy 
mixed soft drinks will be served if the 

g ublic takes to this form. One of the 
roadway cabaret restaurants is said 
to be figuring on puttihg in a fountain 
this winter to accommodate men in 
uniform. 



OSWEGO STIRED UP. 

Syracuse, Sept. 18. 

The Oswego Society is all stirred up 
because one of its leaders was denied 
the privilege of appearing in the pro- 
duction of “The Flying Prince” at the 
Richardson Theatre Monday night. 

Soldiers of General Hospital No. 5 
objected to the woman, whose name 
is withheld, because her husband, a 
former officer in the United States 
Army, is alleged to be a pronounced 
pacifist with no Liberty Bond or war 
chest contributions to his credit. 

Adeline O’Connor, a professional 
from New York, was' brought to Os- 
wego early in the week and rehearsed 
for the patt. She has been with a 
number x>i good road attractions. 



The new revenue law about being 
completed by Congress doubles the 
cabaret tax. The law legally “sets’' 20 
per cent, of the check as the admission, 
or to be so regarded. This is as at 
present, but the new law states that 
20 per cent, of the admission is to be 
collected, whereas now it is 10 per cent. 
In other words a $10 check would be 
regarded as including $2 admission and . 
20 per cent, of that would be 40 cents. 
At present the tax on a $10 check is 20 
cents. 



Tannehill-Conoly Camp Show. 

Frank Tannehill and Joe Conoly are 
producing a musical show to play the 
cantonments exclusively. 

In November Tannehill goes to Los 
Angeles to put on a comedy drama in 
which he is financially interested. 



George Grundy, who was compelled 
to relinquish his lease of Grand Cen- 
tral Palace through the taking over 
of the edifice by the Government, is 
negotiating to assume the lease of the 
St. Nicholas Rink, now being managed 
by Cornelius Fellowes, Jr. The bonus 
mentioned in the taking over of the 
present ice rink is understood to be 
$20,000 a year for ten years. If 
the deal is consummated, Grundy 
plans to have roller skating in 
the basement and dancing on the pres- 
ent ice skating floor. The Brooklyn 
Ice Rink on Bedford avenue is to be 
converted into a storage warehouse; 
Healy’s on upper Broadway is devoted 
to pictures; the ice rink at 181st street 
is undergoing remodeling whereby the 
present entrance will be converted into 
stores. 



NEW ACTS. 



Marie Walsh and Irving Edwards. 

Mr. and Mrs. William Lawrence in 
sketch, “A Week End Trip.” 

Geo. Felix and Clair Palmer in “Thq 
Girl Nextdoor." 

Leroy, Talma and Bosco, with IS 
people. 

Eva Puck, with Elmer White (for- 
merly Abbott and White) at the piano, 

Darrell and Edwards, formerly Tower 
and Darrell (Aaron Kessler). 

Harry Gibbs and Edna Colwell in 
sketch. 

- Harry Fidler, formerly Fidler and 
Sheldon, single. 

Annette Kellerman contemplates re- 
turning to vaudeville with a big act. 

The Three White Kuhns are return- 
ing to vaudeville as a trio._ 

“The Stowaways,” musical comedy, 
9 people, with Ed. West and Paul 
Paulis (Bert La Mont). 

. “Hands Across the Seas," with 12 
people, including the Lovenberg Sis- 
ters and O’Neary Brothers. 

“Sliding” Billy Watson (burlesque) 
and Joe F. Willard in military travesty, 
with three people. 

Ben Bernie, single. Formerly Bcrnic 
and Baker, with Mr. Baker ordered to 
report. 

“Blow Your Horn” with Kirt Vance 
and Josephine Taylor (Herman 
Gcckcr^* 

“Six International Tourists” (for- 
merly Lasky’s “Six Hoboes”), (Jack 
Henry). 

“The Heart of Annie Wood,” a 
“flash” drama, with five people, with- 
out carrying electricians. 

Polly Moran, for the past three and 
onc-half years princial comedienne in 
Keystone pictures, returning to vaude- 
ville. 

Al Reymond (formerly Raymond and 
Caverly) and a company of five, in the 
John B. Hymer sketch, “From Denver 
to Frisco,” Mr. Raymond will play a 
Hebrew character in the skit. 

Andre Sherri is putting on a new 
musical playlet called “Hats, Bonnets 
and Chapeaux.” Hattie Lorraine is in 
the lead. Others are Perle Frank, Jack 
Cragin, Lois Arnold, Gabrielle Gray. 



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A. H. Woods has bought the stage righto to 
a play entitled "Torpedoed," 



The Selwyn, now complete, will open Oct. 2 
with Jane Cowl In "Information, Please." 



San Carlo Orond Opera Co. has extended Its 
engagement at the Shubert for another week. 



Ruth Lee has succeeded Bleanor Fox In 
'‘Maytlme," at the Broadburet Theatre. 



David Belasco has a new play for Frances 
Starr, a comedy by Edward Knoblock, The 
piece will be pla\:ed In rehearsal shortly. 



Cyril Maude mode hts flrbt appearance In 
"The Saving Qrace" at Buffalo, Sept. 16. The 
play will be seen at the Empire, Sept. 30. 



After a tour of almost two years, "The 
Wanderer” will be brought back to the Man- 
hattan for one month, beginning Sept. SO. 



When "Turn to the Right” comes to the 
Standard next week Mike Donlln will be 
Slippery Mugga. 



"They Coma Back,” by Britton Austin, will 
be presented by Walter Hast at a local Shu- 
hert theatre next month. 



James F. Reilly, for many years a member 
of the Charles Ffohman business staff, has 
been elected secretary of the Charles Frohman 
Co.. Inc. ■ ' 



In the theatrical unit of the Police Reserve, 
William Fox has been commissioned a ma]or, 
John Zanft a captain and Harry C. Sommers 
a lieutenant. 



Edwin Carty Ranch, formerly dramatic edi- 
tor Brooklyn Eagle, has been appointed press 
repfesentatlve of the Greenwich Village The- 
atre. 



After Oct. 1 the Government virtually abol- 
ishes the code cable. All messages sent by 
cable must be In plain language. Nov. 1 the 
same order affects incoming cables. 



“The Love Cure,” a musical comedy, is being 
prepared for early opening by Jack B. Loeb, 
who, with Al. Sbean, wrote the hook; lyrics 
by Edith Jane and music by Leo Edwards. 



Cleofonte Campanlnl, general director of the 
Chicago Opera Association, has engaged for 
the coming season Giorgio Polacco, who was 
the leading Italian conductor at the Metro- 
politan a couple of years ago. 



“Betty at Bay,” a play by Mrs. Jessie Por- 
ter. will be brought from London by the Shu- 
berts and presented here next month. J. H. 
Bamee, who produced the play, will direct It 
hero and have a leading part. 



Smith & Golden will shortly produce a new 
play by Frank Bacon, co-author with Wln- 
Chell Smith of "Llghtnln'," entitled "Five 
o’clock.” It Is a dramatization of a story bjr 
Freeman Tllden. 



Anthony Paul Kelly will assist in making 
photographic records for the Bureau of Navi- 
gation of what our navy has accomplished 
since the declaration of war. He Joined the 
navy last June. 



be universal membership, which will include 
the renewal of the present membership and se- 
curing as new members all the available adult 
population of the United States, excepting men 
In service. 



CRITICISM. 



Wiliam A. Brady Is to present a melodrama 
entltl^ "Enemies Within,” by Kilbourn Gor- 
don and E, H, Culbertson. 



ford Harris, music by Harold Fraser-Slmpson, 
James W. Tate, Ollz Rice. At the Casino, 



An extended run In New York In one of the 
Shubert houses, starting early In November, 
is Included In the plans of Robert B. Mantell 
for the present season. 



William A. Brady has acquired for early pro- 
duction a romantic comedy, entitled “Peters 
Mother.” the work of Mrs. Henri de la Paz- 
teur (Lady ClllTord). The piece has been 
produced In London. 



The annual ball of the Screen Club at the 
Hotel Aster will be held In November, under 
the auspices of the Stage Women’s War Relief, 
with the co-operation of the picture Industry 
and the stage. 



The Hippodrome has been placed at the 
disposal of the Trustees for the Fund for the 
Welfare of the 185th Infantry, formerly the 
60th, N. G.. N. Y., for a special performance. 
Sept. 22, for the benefit of the men now In 
France. 



Captain James R. Morrison, who played In 
"The 13th Chair,” has returned from the Plave 
front with decorations bestowed by the King 
of Italy. Sept. 16 he spoke In the Stage Wo- 
men’s War Relief Workroom, 366 Fifth ave- 
nue, New York. 



Shuberts Drop Name from Title,. .. 

Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 18. 

Following the announced intent of 
the owners of the Weiting to take 
legal steps to force the Shuberts to 
discontinue the employment of the 
name of the theatre as Shubert-Weit- 
ing, the Shubert name has been 
dropped. 



A professional hlsser has been added to the 
cast of "Three Paces East.v He Is stationed 
In the wings, near enough to be beard on' the 
stage. When an actor has to say "Gott Strafe 
England or “Der Tag,” he hisses loudly and 
the audience soon picks It up. 



Oct. 1 the Government will abolish the 
custom of serving a la carte meals on dining 
cars, and the table d’hote plan will be substi- 
tuted. The charge tor luncheon and dinner 
will be $1. The plan oontemplates a standard- 
ization of the meals. 



The second Christmas membership campaign 
of the American Red Cross will bo held the 
latter part of December. The objective will 



STOCKS OPENING. 

San Francisco, Sept. 18._ 
The Sandusky Dramatic Stock will 
open an inde$nite engagement at 
Butte, Mont., about Sept. 22. 



MAID OF THE MOUNTAINS. 

A musical play In three acts, book by Fred- 
erick Lonsdale, lyrics by Harry Graham, Cllf- 



Sept. 11. 

The music was very pretty, and with a few 
needed touches in the singing and acting time 
of It the piece should gain immeasurably. — 
Herald, 

The humor of the piece, too, was of a 
sound old vintage, as was thef muslolanly 
score. It was a characteristic Elllott-Com- 
Btock-Oest production, which Is to say, that It 
was distinguished for the generous use of 
money. Inspired by good taste. — Times, 
CROPS AND CROPPERS. 

A comedy in three acts, by Theresa Helburn, 
at the Belmont, Sept. 12. 

There is material for admirable satire, and 
for an Inspiring object lesson. In the main 
situation of "Crops and Croppers."— Times. 

Miss Helbum’s comedy, though It has not 
much Buhstanoe, Is smartly written, with 
clever thrusts which border on satire at the 
young women who are struggling to Increase 
the Nation’s store of provisions. 

ANOTHER MAN'S SHOES. 

A comedy In three acts by Laura Hlnkley 
and Mabel Ferris, based on a story by Mias 
Hinkiey, at the .Iflth Street. Sept. 12. 

It must be seen to be understood, and those 
who like fascinating mystery complications will 
not fail to appreciate the simple explanation 
which the play divulges. — Herald. 

The best part of the play Is Its mystery.— 
Times, 



Lowell, Mass., Sept. 18. 

Henry Jewett, manager of the Col- 
ley, has announced the members of his 
company. He proposes to open the 
season next week. They are Essex 
Darre, Mercedes Dismore, Fred W. 
Permain, Montague Weston, Leonard 
Craske, H. Conway Wingfield, E, E. 
Clive, Nicholas Jo6y, B. N, Lewin, 
Gather Lexow, Viola 'Roach, Jessamine 
Newcomb, William Podmore, Estelle 
Thebaud. 



AN IDEAL HUSBAND. 

A comedy In four acts, by Oscar Wilde, at 
the Comedy. Sept. 16. 

No one who cares for Intelligent wit and 
genlune gayety can afford to miss "An Ideal 
Husband.” — Times, 

"An Ideal Husband" la nicely staged and 
superbly costumed. — World. 



HUMPTTY DUMPTY. 

A comedy In four acts, by Horace Annesley 
Vachell, at the Lyceum, Sept. 16. 

The enmedy will go only as far as Mr. Skin- 
ner’s following will take It. — Herald. 

The play Is pleasurable, If only for -Us star’s 
finished and graceful performance. — 'World. 



THE GIRL BEHIND THE GUN, 

A musical comedy In three acts. Book and 
lyrics by Guy Bolton and x*. 0. Wodehonse, 
music by Ivan Caryll. At the New Amster- 
dam. Sent. 16. 

"The Girl Behind the Gun” made a perfect 
score. — Jerald. 

Military musical comedy up to the minute, 
with sltnaMons suggested from the other side, 
properly deplrved of all of war’s grim reali- 
ties, and dressed up In frivolity for Broadway, 
describes "The Girl Behind the Gun.” — Times. 



SOME NIGHT. 

A musical comedy In three acts, hook, music 
and Ivrlcs by Harry Delf. At the Harris, 
Sent. 16. 

The most Interesting things about "Some 
Nleht” were the elrls of the ensemble and the 
author. Harry Delf. — Times. 

Able Seaman Delf’s war duties may take 
him far from Broadway, but "Some Night” 
will undoubtedly remain In the Harris as 
^Bsant reminder of him for some weeks to 
come. — Herald. 



THE UNKNOWN PURPLE. 

A melodrama in a prologue and three acts 
by Roland West and Carlyle Moore, at the 
Lyric, Sept. 14. 

The stage settings, necessary to the tricks 
of this queer play, are some of the best fea- 
tures of It. — Herald. 

Scenicallv the play falls Into the long cate- 
gory of pieces that owe their dramaturgy to 
"On Trial," and ultimately to the movies.— ^ 
Times. 



SHOW REVIEWS. 



(Continued from page 18.) 

FIFTH AVENUE. 



Eleanor Gates’ Play to Be Rewritten. 

“Phoebe Pretends,” the new comedy 
by Eleanor Gates, has returned from 
its try-out tour, and it is said that it 
will be the first of the year before it 
will resume playing owing to the ne- 
cessity of rewriting before it can come 
into New York. 



“Melting of Molly” Once Again. 

The Shuberts have once more placed 
in rehearsal “The Melting of Molly," 
and the piece is scheduled for im- 
minent presentation out of town. 



the others, although the first number; “We 
Don’t Want the Bacon” '(Shapiro, Bemstela 



& Co.), was nicely filmed. The others were, 
“It He Can Fight Like He Can Love" (Feist), 
sung by Artie Mobllnger, and “When the Yanks 
Come Marching Home” (A. J. Stasny & Co,), 
sung by Harry Bernhardt. The Stasny num- 
ber got the worst of it, even though the fintsh- 
' ing number. Several of Its moving: scenes 
were the same as In the Foist number, and 
the “Inserts” in both, of the several parades 



ini New York, also the U. S. cruisers, had 
evidently been seen often before and were 
quickly recognized. . 

The Contest held the bouse, and the applause 
sounded genuine for each song without a 
suspicion of a "clacque.” It did look as 
though the Waterson singer had ' a" “plant" 
upstairs, who took up one chorus., for him. 
Now, If Bin McQuald, for the final 'next Tues- 
day night, win allow Mabel Burke to eing all 
the winning songs of this week,' tb'efe can be 
no partiality shown by the audience toward 
the voice or personality of any one or more 
singers the various publishers would otherwise 
send down to render the numbers. Miss Burke 
stands well with the Fifth Avenue patrons ; 
she knows all about illustrated songs and how 
to sing them, and It would really bring. out 
the winner on Its pure 'merit, plus the excel- 
lence of the picture aside. But Bill la a 
manager, with an acute business sense. He 
may send along a bunch of rooters at the 
same time which would make the walls bulge 
through the attendance. . 

The show opened with Osakl ah^ taki, a 
Jap balancing turn, followed l^v^thC: Bherlook 
Sisters and Jimmie Foley. NbXt .wore Mason 
and Q'wynne, and then Doris, .Darn, all- under 
New Acts. It was only last week the Sher- 
lock girls were with Jimmy Casson. Mr. 
Foley was formerly of Foley and O’Neil, 



Bufifalo, Sept. 18. 

Dr. Peter C. Cornell, manager of the 
Majestic and Star, has announced the 
opening of the Knickerbocker Players 
at the Star Sept. 23. The first producr 
tion will be “The Brat.” Howard Rum- 
sey, who will manage the players, 
states that he has secured rights to 
some of the latest plays. The company 
will be under the direction of Ekmer 
Brown, and the roll is made up as fol- 
lows. Frank Wilcox, Julie Herne, Miss 
Mary Compton, Alice Colcord, Thomas 
V. Emory, Broderick O’Farrell, John 
Powers, Max Wiseman. 



No. 6 held Cook and Savo, who went to a 
stop-the-Aow finish, the first real big score. 
They have a “baby-boyibaby-glrl gag" that 
brought them a howl, and the turn has been 
considerably smoothed out since showing at 
the 23d Street some weeks ago. It still closes 
with the “Hula” business by Savo and that 
gave them the hit, although it’s not. a certainty 
the same result would come to them from a 
regular big-time Jiudlence. Though you can’t 
tell. It’s an act that will amuse mpre quickly 
the out-of -small-town audience than the blg^-> 
gest big clty.'. one,.. but . the. act will yet easily 



San Francisco, Sept. 18. 
The Denham, Denver, Colo., has, ac- 
cording to a report, been leased by 
Ernest Wilkes, for one of bis dramatic 
stock companies. 



Portland, Me., Sept. 18. 

Alice Fleming opened the season at 
the Alcazar Monday, the opening at- 
traction being “Johnny, Get Your Gun.” 
In addition to Miss Fleming, the com- 
pany includes Edward Everett Horton, 
Marie Curtis, Nancy Muston and 
Jessie Brink. 



shape up Into blg-tlme timber. Savo has 
certain funny ways; be Is fast learning how 
to handle to the best advantage, and when he 
Is set In that line their advancement for vaude- 
ville Is sure. Some of the talk Is still old In 
years and the cold feet conundrum Is a raw ’un 
for a red fire. 



Philadelphia, Sept. 18. > 
Stock will open at the Orpheum 
Theatre here on Oct, 7 under the 
direction of Frank Fielder. Mae Des- 
mond is to be leading woman, Ashton 
Newton being the juvenile. 



Boston, Sept. 18, 

The Castle Square Theatre will 
again bfifer a season of stock, the open- 
ing date being Oct. 12, C. H. Allen is 
in charge. 



Leo Parvin in Divorce Action. 

Chicago, Sept, 18. 

Lee Parvin, head of one of the 
“Friendly Enemy” road shows, has 
been made defendant in a divorce ac- 
tion started by Mrs. Gladys Parvin. 

Mrs. Parvin alleges cruelty and asks 
that Parvin be restrained from spend- 
ing several thousand dollars which she 
says he has in the bank. 



Next were the De Wolf Girls (New Acts) In 
a dressy turn that did not get much, for the 
same reason perhaps Cook and Savo got a 
/ lot — the Fifth Avenue audience. Regal and 
"Moore, who were next, were another resound- 
ing hit, getting It on their finishing tricks. 
It’s under New Acts. v ; . 

Harry Carroll was next to cIoBtng, singing, 
talking and dancing himself to a> riot closing. 
Mr. Carroll sang snn?e new songs of hts O'wn. 
One Is called “Mary’s Little Calf," comic, and 
another, “Dixie’s Military Ball,” a war num- 
ber. He said that as there was a war song 
contest to close, he might Just as well put 
over the winner before It started. Then ho 
sang the “Dixie” number. Harry also re- 
marked, “It Is pretty tough up here all alone,” 
but he didn’t mean It. for he was doing too 
well at the time. Then he added that, as one 
of the acrobats had done some “hoofing" In 
the Regal and Moore turn, there was nothing 
to stop him, either. After'tbe war song, he 
did a dance, not exactly like Emma Cams or 
Stella Mayhew, but an Imitation of both. Still 
Harry can hoof It a bit, but a little Is enough. 
He should be satisfied to be a song writer, and 
a good one. and an entertainer. Just as good. 
But Mr. Carroll doesn’t take himself, too seri- 
ously. Therein lies his chief charm' upon the 
stage. Bime. 



81ST STREET. 



With a War Song Contest as an extra at- 
traction for the first five days of the week, 
starting Monday, the Fifth Avenue, Tuesday 
night, for the first half, held a vaudeville 
program of eight acta that did not call for 
any assistance. Nearly all of the turns were 
new to the house and New York, but they 
turned out dalrly well In the main, leading 
the entertainment In excellent shape. 

The program proper closed at 10.30, Includ- 
ing the Contest as the last number before a 
finishing picture, probably a Triangle comedy 
film. The house was big, following the Mon- 
day holiday riiah. If the Tuesday night at- 
tendance was above the average for that eve- 
ning, then the Song Contest should receive 
the drawing credit. It’s a nice diversion any- 
way from the regulation vaudeville program. 
It brightens up the finish of the performance, 
stirs the audience through seeing patriotic 
scenes and hearing patriotic songs at this 
opportune time after the long years of this 
wild war. 

Tuesday evening In the Song Cqnest, “Hello 
Central” (Waterson, Berlin & Snyder), with 
Harry Hart singing It, was declared the win- 
ner by the applause of tha audience. It didn’t 
require much time to decide the winner through 
the plaudits. “Hello Central" was the best 
known of the four numbers sung. Also Its 
animated plcturlzlng was much superior to 



At last the, 81st Street has changed the 
feature picture from the middle of the bill 
to closing. Whether this or the show for the 
first half was the direct cause for the big 
business Is not known, but the house was 
crowded at 8 o'clock Monday night.. Things 
seemed altogether different because of the 
change. The patrons knew they did not have 
to sit through the picture and still see the 
vaudeville show, A large percentage of the 
audience walked out after the vaudeville. 

The usual five-act bill was a pleasing one, 
and all the turns fared well. It Is also a much 
better arrangement for the acts. Robert Swan 
opened with comedy Juggling and did nicely. 
His work is the familiar routine, but combined 
With his comedy and dances, puts him out of 
the ordinary and eligible for the two-a-day 
houses. Goetz and Duffy (New Acts) followed 
and went over. Bertha Creighton and Co., In 
their comedy playlet, “Our Husband.” by 
Willard Bowman, ran about half way through 
before a laugh was scored, but after that 
they came a little faster. The piece Is a 
small time affair and will do there. 

Preceding intermission Corp. Derby Holmes, 
an added attraction for the evening perform- 
ances of the first half only, told about his 
experiences during the two years of service 
“over there.” He first told of thrills and then 
of the humorous side In the trenches. He 
was greatly liked, closing with a service poem 
and an appeal for smokes for the boys. 

Sam Hearn, “The Rube with His Piddle 
and Bow,” followed the Semi-Weekly News 
Pictorial, which Intercepted and stopped the 
show. Ho was a strong favorite and forced 
to return for a couple of encores. "The Shlel," 
an original fantasy featuring Lola Fatima and 
Ell Dawson, closed the show' and passed. 
About half the house remained seated for the 
five- reel feature, Bessie Barrlscale In "The 
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ASSISTED BY 



In “LOVE. AT FIRST SIGHT” 

Dir^tioii, BURTON •.& DUDLEY 



Thank You 



LOOKUSOVER 



OBITUARY. 

Madge Carson, wife of Pat Carson, 
and best known as . a stock character 
woman, closing recently with the Jack 
Lewis Players, died suddenly Sept. Id 
in New York, following the bursting 
of a blood vessel in her, head shortly 
after going onto the street from, her 
hotel for a walk to the stores. Her 
demise came after a week’s illness, Mrs. 
Carson being unconscious most of the 
time. . A husband survives. 

George Dixon, fbfmerly of"- Mason 
and Dixon, in vaudeville, died recently 
at Colfax, Cal. He was 60 years of age 
and born in Buffalo, N. Y; News of his 
death was received by liis former part- 
ner, James Mason, at Buffalo. Mason 
and Dixon traveled Wridely and Mr. 



AT ONCE 



Novelty Acts 
Sister Acts 
Danciiig Acts 
Jazz Acts ' 
Prima Donnas and 
Soubrettes 
Also Beautiful 
Chorus Girls for 
New York Revue 



IN LOVING MEMORY 

OF MY FATHER 

EDWARD R. mGLIS 

Who departed this life Sept. 17th, 1918. 
May hla soul rest In peace. 

His Son 

JACK INGLIS 



Dixon lived for several years in Paris, 
where he married. He is survived by 
a daughter, Mrs. Michael Millard, of ! 
San Francisco. v ' - 

Colonel O. G. Staples died Sept. 8 
at the Thousand Island House, Alexan- 
dria Bay, N. Y., of which the deceased 
was the owner. Col. Staples at one 
time owned the old -Alba ugh - Opera 
House, later Poll’s, Washington, D. C. 
He had extensive business interests. 

Thomas Usher, long known as an or- 
chestra leader and formerly oh the 



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board of control of Musical Union No. 
310," died of heart failure, last week. 

. Mrs. Della Pitcock, proprietress of 
the Albany Hotel, Pueblo, Colo., died 
Aug. 18. The deceased was known to 
many theatrical folk. 

Chios Martin, a member of Mile. 
Berri’s Models, playing the Ackerman- 
Harris Hip circuit in the west, died in 
San Diego, Cal., Sept. 13. 

Louis Ostland, camera man of World 
Pictures, died in Los Angeles, Sept. 9, 
as the result of an operation for appen- 
dicitis. 

The father of Clark Brown died Sept. 
16, at Garden City, L. I. 



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Evans Teddy 
Evers Frank 



Gallagber Daley 
Oangler Jack 
Gay Trio 
Gilbert & Clayton 
Oim Clift 

Glenn Myrtle 
Gordon Helen 
Gordon Marie 
Gould Venlta 



Adair Janet 
Ahrens Jobn 
Alarconwlth ■ Lita 
Allen Flo 
Alien Frank 
Andersion Scharlotte 
Arapoboe Dan 
Armento Paul 
Arthur Dot 
Astella Dan 
Astella Dell 
Aster Edith 
Atwood Vera 
Aubrey Wilson 
Auston Mrs J 
Autrine Harry 
Avery Faith 



Janice May 
Jackson Jacob 
Jackson Jean & Babe 
Jarvis Jean 
Johnson Mrs Ed 
Jones Will 
Jordan Irene 
Joseph Mrs M 



Daley Jack 
Daniel Lola' 
Darling Bobble 
Davis Ben . . 
Davis Essie ■ . 
Davis Genevieve ■ 
Davie Hal , 
Deane Clifford 
Deano' Cliff ' 
DeCoe Harry 
DeCouraey Alfred 
DeOrant Oliver 
DeGroff Mre E 
Delmar Flo 
Delmar Harry 
DeMlIle Goldie 
DeWlnters Grace 
Diamond & Boyne 
Diamond Miss 0 
Dietrich Jean 
Dietrich Roy 
Dillon Lillian 



Halbacb Mrs Winifred Kalll David 
Hale Frank Katll Louise 

Hall May Kashner Fay 

Hamilton Harry Kay Clause 

Hannon Wm Kaymnre Hazel 

Harris Geo Keane Jobn 

Hart Hazel Keefe John 

Harvard Mrs C Keene & Walsh 

Haywood Ella Kolley Slause 

Helmar Lou Kelmers _ . . 

Hendriks Miss , Kennedy Beulak 

Hendrlsb Kennedy Jack 



WANTED 

BLACK AND WHITE DROP 

or any 

Suitable for Cabaret Scene in One. Write 

HARVEY and DE VORA TRIO 

886' Putnam Bldg., New Terk 



Fagan Noodles 
Fay Anna 
Fay Eva 
Fields Btllle 
Fields Kean & Walsh 
Ftesro Jack 
Flint Geo 
Foley Jim 
Foley & Onell 
Ford John 
Ford Marg 
Forrester Frank 



Banks Geo 
Barksdale Grace 
Barney Chas 
Barrett Vera 





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Aboard 

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THE GREATEST NOVELTY 

When Tony Goes 






A POSITIVE RIOT 



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Rose in 



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Tlie Hallad of the Wmi'-- A Real Hit 

‘THOSE WONDERFUL DAYS 
OF USED TO BE” 

If you sanji “In the S^eet Long Ago'* send for this one. 



The MHif; I'h.it oi’ping Ihi » ‘uinti 

“SO LONG SAL, 

I THE BEST OF FRIENDS MUST PARI" 

(tit'iit for (Ju.ii u th . I’l'ii anti \S itiuiti I u! iluiilili.' jn "ina it A um ;li‘ 





MORRIS 






NEW YORK CITY 
145 West 45th Street 



1 . 



CHICAG^^^ 

' ^ Grand Opera House Bldg. 
ST. LOUIS-823 Holland Bldg. 









V: i 







IlSONG EVER WRITTEN 



STOPS THE SHOW COLD 



A CINCH HIT 



BALLAD EVERYBODY IS RAVING ABOUl 



SOME BALLAD 



USIC 



BOSTON 

? Bldg/ ' ' 

MINNEAPOLIS — Room 5, Lyric Theatre Bldg. 



PHILADELPHIA 




HERE ARE A 



CHICAGO 



Grand Opera Hou<;e Bldg 



■EZ KEOUGH. Mgr, 
BOSTON : 240 Tremont Street 



n)lcCarthy & Fisher Building 



JIMMIE McHUGH, Mgr 



(JIMMIE) 



A little over a year ago we started our business in two small rooms. By 
stick'to-it-iveness, hard work and ability to pick'^the right kind of songs 
that performers and the public wont, we have built up on organization and 
a home that any publishing house may well be proud of — and proud we are 
of our beautiful new home in the McCarthy and Fisher Building (five complete 
Boors), where we have every facility and comfort for taking care of our 
professional friends and our business. 



You want great material. You don’t care who publishes it. If a Chinaman 
had a marvelous rag song» you would make a great mistake if you didn’t go 
and get it. Our boys write better songs than any other staff in the world 
to-day. «THE SONG’S THE THING.” WE HAVE THE SONa 






OF OUR DIAMONDS 



( FISHER, Inc 



JACK MILLS, Prof Mgr 



JOSEPH MITTENTHAl Gpm Salrs Mgr 



224 West 46th Street, New York 



ii®S[iPE’3 

(Joe) 

LiQ©ihmm 



Once more we want to thank you for the wpncfcrful support you have given 
us during the past year which helped us to accojnplish the great things that 
we have done and if good songs, hearty co*operation, courtesy and: special 
attention to your wants mean anything, we feel sure of your valuable 
support in the future. 



With the biggest and greatest staff of writers in the music business^ with a 
wonderhil professional and business organization in our home and branch 
offices, we are going to make every endeavor to do much bigger things in 
the future so that the name of McCarthy and Fisher may become a by* word 
on the. lips of every performer and every purchaser of popular and <H>eratic 
music thr<Highout the country. 



Mgr. 

Boston Office 



Mgr. 

Chicago Office 



\ San Francisco A 




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WATCH for the Waltz Song Sensation of the Century! “KENTUCKY DKEAM.” By the writers of “INDIANOLA’ 



BENNETT 



-AT THE PIANO 
Direction/ LEW 



Kennedy Mrs P J 
Kennedy Thomas 
Kennts Mae 
Korner Otto 
Kibel jules 
Kingley Ethel 
King Tano 
Kltamurs H. Y 
Klttrlck a B W 
Kno'ffles & Hurst 
Koppe Sol 



Lawrence BotslU 
Lawrence Vivlafe 
Leary Mrs J 
Lee Bobby 
Leonard Mrs P 
La Page ColUs 
Le Tree Ralph 
Lewis Belly 
Lewis Jack 
Lingarde Mile 
Linton Tom 



O 

O’CoMsll High 
Olds 
Opp Jos 
Orton Sam 

P 

Parks Emily 
Pate Myrtle 
Patterson Bobble 
Paulette Louise 



Potter Wm 
Pratt H 
Pullman Emily 

R 

Rabinovich J 
Racey Edw 
Rae & Waynn 
Raymond Ed 
Raymond Qeo 
Reade Grayce 



Rose Mrs Harry 
Roseneweet Ben 
Roy Phil 
Roy Walter 
Rozellos Eight 
Russell Flo 
Russell Jack 
Ryan Dolph 

S 

Scott Marie 



M 

Mack 0111 
Mack Margie 
Mack Richard 
Mable b Malfe 
Manning Allse 
Marlyn Jim & Irene 
Marshall Frizsy 
Martin Ethel 
Maxwell R A 
McClennan Mabel 



Melvin Bert 
Merrlmen Qamet 
Merrlman Ruby 
Merveille Olga 
Miller Bessie 
Milton Robert 
Mlmlo World 
Modena Flo 
Montambo 
Montgomery Bessie 
Morang Frances 



Stewart Florence 
Stewart Margaret 
Stlrk Elsie 
Story Bex 
Stuart Austin 

T 

Talto Tatsu 
Taub Max 
Taylor Antonette 
Taylor Eva 



Kramer Mae Lloyd & Wells 

Kramer & Morton Lohse Ralph 

Loreila Collie 
L Loretta Dee 

LaBlnne Leo Lorraines Oeo 

LaMar Leona Lorraine Lillian 

LaPlerre Margaret Lynch 

LaPradc Paul Lyster Alfred 

Larkin John Lynton Matt 



McGetrlck Mrs A Moraq Wm 

McKinley Nell ' Morris May 

McKlttrick <} B Murdock Japie 

McMeal Miss E Murphy Danny 

McNamee Bessie 

MeShayne & Hathaway N 

Melba Paula Natallle & Ferrari 

Melvern Grace Neal Kathleen 

Melville B NIblo Victor 



Payne Baby - Reid Qeo, 

Payne Mr & Mrs Renee Miss R 

Pearson Harry Rewlck Rena 

Perclval Mabel Rice Andy 

Perkoft Arthur Rice Helen 

Perry Geo Bice & Warner 

Phlllpot Margaret Riley Joe & Agnes 

Phillips Robert Robinson Steve 

Port & DeLacey Romanos Three 



Shafer Mrs A Taylor James 

Shea Mrs Tex •. Tlco Killian 

Sbennan Mrs M {T 'TI Sing Leo 
Shipley Barton :''*,f-'Tdblas Sophie 
Shone & Ware - -TTracy Roy 

Shoolln Frank - Troy 

Squires Harry Tucker C O 

Steadman A1 Turple Albert 

Sterling May Tyrell Ned 



RITA MARIO CO 



TEN TALENTED AMERICAN GIRLS 



At KEITH’S RIVERSIDE, THIS WEEK (September 16) 
NEXT WEEK (September 23) KEITH’S, PHILADELPHIA 

Exclusive Direefion, PAT CASEY AGENCY. E. K. NADEL, Personal Rep. 






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be- repaired by a GREAT SONG, wnte. vMif 
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anyone* eNe* 



B'\nd and Orchestra Leaders Write ff*r 
Our Catalogue 



When in N ew York be sure and pay iis a viail 
and you will meet WlI.LIE ROCKWELL, 
FRED MAYO (OF FOX AND .MAYO). DICK 
HEINRICH,. AL. STONE, ROSE GOl D 
BURG, HARRY BERNHARD'!, RALPH 
WHITE, BURT SHEPARD, EDDIE CAS 
SIDY, EDDY VAN, EARI. BURTNETT and 
BOBBY JONES will be “Th^'e to Meet 
Y -u" m our Ne'w York Office. 



"KOFrSSIONAL DEPT 

Mri*nd Ih'^tie Buitduii; 

t"lh Broiidway 

New'SS^rlt City 

('HICAC.O OFl lU 



Executive Office: 



A^ALTER KING. Mgr 



MUSIC PUBLISHERS 



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in ‘‘CAMP,’’ by JEAN HA VEZ 

Sept. 16— Orpheum, Brooklyn. Sept. 23— Alhambra and Royal, New York. Sept 30— Keith’s, Philadelphia. 
Oct. 7— Keith’s, Washingrtoh, D. C. Oct 14— Riverside, New York. Oct 21— Bushwick, Brooklyn. 



World*! Largest Cat Price Baggage Dealer 



OW MM 





"Llkiy” 




Every 


“Indestrueto” 

"Bal” 


Every 


Mike 


"Hartmann” 

“Murphy” 

"Taylor” 


' Size 


Half Regular Prices! 

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SPEaAL 

$18.00 Hotel steel Clad Tniob S9.7S 

20.00 Fibre Theatre 14.50 

36.00 "Taxi" Wardrobe Trunk 19.00 

40.00 FuU Size Theatrical Wardrobe... 24.75 

50.00 XX Fibre Combination 27.50 

60.00 Quaranteed "Indeatrurto” 34.80 

76.00 "Dreadnaught" Wardrobe 42.00 



An enormous selection of high grade 

.Trunks, Bags, Cases. 

Leather goods and travelers’ outfits. 

EDWARD CROPPER 

208 West 42d St. 

Phone: Bryant 8678 NEW YORK 



Van Aken Alex 
VanAken Anna. 
Van Gleet Irene 
Vane Sybil 
VanHgrn Jean 
Vann Helen 
Vecga Nick 
Varnon ClBsy 
Verona Countess 
Vincent Bllnor 
Voss Judith 



Wallace Hester 
Ward Larry 
Webb Veveno 



Wellman Emily 
Wheeler Dick 
Whitehead Ralph 
Whittier Robert 
Willard Tom 
WilliamB Dot 
Williams F 0 
Williams Peggy 
Wilson Sophie 
Woods Joe 
Wood Mary 
Wood Otlle 
Wylie Raymond 

T 

Young Cy 
Young Lillian 
Young P 
Young Robert 



BLANCHE ALFRED 

and her SYMPHONY GIRLS, assisted by 
“GERANT” Conductor 
Featuring the RAINBOW GIRL 
In Novelty Dances 

Direction, HARRY SHEA 



WANTED— b%^y“c1:e ViL^g 

or good Comedy Man, to ride freak nhcels. to iota 
rooognlzod act. Wire quick. * 

W. L., 817 Eighth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Thank you, MR. DARLING 



THE BURTON 

1421 Montgomery Ave. 



Dear Lester, 



Philadelphia. Sept. .16, 1918. 



With trampoline out of act, dosing the show, I did not go as good as at the Palace 
last week. Of course, this is three-a-day and it makes all the difference in the world, 
so I Just put on the' old baggy suit, combed my hair a la Raymond Hitchcock, and 1 
was the same big irlot I always am. 

Yes, I have to keep up my reputation; -managers expect me to stop the show every 
performance, so I Just have to do It. » 

Manager Wegefarth and a couple of the acts and I are going to put on a -W. S. S. 
act here Friday night. We are going to get the audience to come on the stage and 
buy the stamps. ' , 

We all bide the egg at the above address (Campbell’s) and stretch there, too. 

Tell all the boys to boost the N. V. A. biiliara club, ^t Cue Club cards froin 
Mr. Chesterfield at the N. V. A. 

Kindest regards from May, and remember us to nice MORRIS A FESL,.. 

YOUR LOVING AUDIENCE DAISY 

STAN STANLEY 



Originator and Producer of the 



VERSATILE SEXTETTE 

“A combination of novelty singers and jaza^’ 

This attraction Is - ■< . 

OPEN FOR OFFERS 

For Productions— Vaudeville and Cabaret 

HECTOR DOWNE 

Phone Coinmbns 6327 340 West 56th Street, 

Every member in 

deferred classification. vity 



BURLESQUE ROUTES 



' (Sept. 23 and Sept. SO.) 
''Americans” 23 Majestic Scranton 3Q-1 Ar- 
mory Binghamton 2-6 Hudson Schenectady 

"Auto Girls’’ 23 Oayety PhUiadelphia 3-5 
Broadway Camden N J. 



STRAND BLOlQ 
47!fiSr®Bway 



ROOM 213 
New YorK 



CARLO 



HELEN 



WANTED 

Comedy Acrobat 

FOR STANDARD ACT 

Addnss WILL CARLO, VARIETY, New York City 



CASETTAandRYDELL 

IN A SERIES OF . ARTISTIC DANCING 

Loew Circuit Direction, MANDEL & ROSE 



BILLY .BVYLEEN 

PURCELLA AND RAMSAY 

JUVENILE AND SOUBRETTE 

WITH 

MOLLIE WILLIAMS GREATEST SHOW 






CASH or CREDIT 

OPEN ETVENINGS TILL 9 O’CLOCK 



WRITS FOE NSW lO-PAOH CATAl^OT 
AND IS-PAOB BFSCIAIi SAia CIRCIXLAB 



APARTMENT WITH 
PERIOD FURNITURE 
VALUE $500— NOW 

$375 



S-ROOM PERIOD 
APARTMENT 
$706 VALUE 

$585 



VaIne|Deposit|WeekIy I 



e-ROOM PERIOD 
APARTMENT 
$1,000 VALUE 

$760 



Professional 
Dlseount of. 



Terms apply also to New York 
State, New Jersey and Connecticut 
We pay freight and raHroed faiM, 

. Delivsred by -our own meter truck. 



"AvIatort,’’ 23 Empire Cleveland 80 Cadlllao 
Detroit. 

"Beauty Revue” 26-28 Broadway Camden 30- 
3 Camp Diz Wrlghtatown 4-5 Grand Tren- 
ton N J. 

"Beauty Trust” 23 Star & Qartey Chicago 29- 
1 Bercbel Des Moinea la. 

Bebman; Show 23. Olympic Cincinnati 80 Star 
& Garter Chicago. 

“Best Show in Town'* 23 Gayety Buffalo 30 
Corinthian Rochester. 

"Blue Birds” 23 Cadillac Detroit 30 Engel- 
wood Chicago. 

i • 

THEATRICAL 

PHOTOGRAPHER 

ORIGINALS REPRODUCTIONS 

. Lobby Displays In Water Color and Oil 
8PECUL RATES FOR SEPTEMBER 
If Quality and Price are Inducements, 
we will be sure to please yon. 

WRITE FOR PRICE LIST 



"Bon ■ Tons” 23 Miner’s Bronx New York 80 
Casino Brooklyn. 

“Bostonians” 23-25 Bastable Syracuse 26-28 
Lumberg Utica N Y 30 Gayety Montreal 

"Bowerys’ '23 L O 30 Orpheum Paterson, 

"Broadway Belles" 23-24 Cort WheelingmW 
Va 80 Victoria Pittsburgh 

“Burlesque Review" 23 Orpheum Paterson SO 
Majestic Jersey City. 

“Burlesque Wonder Show” 23 Majestic Jersey 
City W Peoples Philadelphia. 

"Cheer Up America” 23 Peoples Philadelphia 
80 Palace Baltimore. 

"Follies of Day" 23 Empire Brooklyn 30 Em- 
pire Newark. 

"Follies of Pleasure” 23-26 Camp Dlx Wrlghts- 
town 27-28 Grand Trenton SO Empire Hobo- 
ken N J. 

"French Frolics” 23 Lyceum Columbus 30-1 
Cort Wheeling W Va. 

“Frolics of Night” 23 Gayety Baltimore Md 
SO Lyceum Washington DO. 

"Girls de Looks” 23 Hurtig-& Seamen’s Nev 
York 3-5 Park Bridgeport. 

"Girls from JPollles’’ 23-24 Armory Binghamton 
25-28 Hudson Schenectady 80-1 Watertown 
2-3 Oswego 4-6 Inter Niagara Falls, N Y. 

I WANTED! I 

Mediums — ^Juveniles 
Insrenues 

Sonbrettes— Good Choros Girls. 

40 weeks play or pay contracts. 

M. THOR 

SOS Putnam Bldg., New YorksCIty 



WANTED AT ONCE 

YOUNG LADY 

to do modern dancing— one dance, fast one- 
step — for big vaudeville act. State weight, 
salary wanted. Send photo. Wire or write. 
CHAS. AHBARN 
Next Week (Sept. 22) 
Orpheum, Jackson, Mich., and Majestic, 
Kalamazoo, Mich. 















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CHICAGO 

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BOSTON 

OHA8. RAY. 228 Tmaoilt S&Olt. 



PITTSBURGH 

JACK NEEDHAM, KouliMB'e Big Store 
PHILADBLPBU 
E. J. MCCAULEY, SI BMtb 8tll Strait 
ATLANTA 

lUMA DORE YOUNG, Ml FIMrSB Bldg. 



PORTLAND. ORB. 

H. F. L'ANBLAISE. 822 Wubtngton 8t 



MINNEAPOLIS 

ROY OILBERT, Powen McroanHIo Co. 



SAN FRANCI8CO 
FORD RUSH, 888 Market Strait 



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VARIETY 



B. F. Keith’s 
Circuit 



United Booking 
Offices 

* (Agency) 

A. PAUL KEITH, President 
£. F. ALBEE, Vice-President and General Manager 

FOR BOOKING ADDRESS 

S. K. HODGDON 

,0 

Palace Theatre Building New York City * 



Feiber & Shea 

.1493 Broadway 

(Putnam Building) 

New York City 



BERT LEVEY CIRCUIT of 
VAUDEVILLE THEATRES 



ALCAZAR THEATRE BUILDING 



SAN FRANCISCO 



Harry Rickard s Tivoli Theatres, a^aua 

And AFFIUATED CTRCmTS. JNDU^ Combined Capitol,, t3.000.l00 

HUGH D. McINTOSH, Governing Director 

Beglstorod Cable AddroaB “HUGHMAC,'* Sydney > Head Qffloa, TIVOLI THEATRE, Sydney, Auetralla . 

Repre»entatIye,NORMAN JEFFERIES R«»l EitateTruet Bldg., PhlladilpMa 



FULLER’S Australian 
and N. Z. Yaudeville 

Oownln, OIraator: BEN J. FULLER 

BOOKINGS ARRANGED 

rot aU MtUaa fieni Baa VnaaUat and TaaMniw 

Atantai 

Wartwa TaadairlUe Hci*.’ A«am. (Ehloap* 






"Girls from Joyland" 23 Empire Hoboken 30 
Star Brooklyn. 

"Girls of U S A" 23-25 Park Youngstown 26- 
28 Grand Akron 30 Star Cleveland, D, 

"Golden Crook" 23 Gayety Toronto 30 Gayety 
Buffalo. 

"Grown up Babies” 23 Standard St Louis 20- 
30 Grand Terre Haute 1-6 Majestic Indian- 
apolis Ind. 

Hastings Harry 23 Casino Boston 80 Grand 
Hartford. 



Marcus Loew’s 



General Executive Offices 
Putn^ Building Times Square 

New York 



JOSEPH M. SCHENCK 

General Manager 

J. H. LUBIN 

Booking Manager 

Mr. Lubin Personally Interviews Artists Daily 

Between 11 and 1 

Acts laying off in Southern territory wire this office. 

Chicago Office: 

, - North American Building " 



AMALGAMATED 

VMIEVaU MEKT 



President 

General Executive Office : 

72 ? S EVENT H AVE., at Forte^mnth St, 

M.D? SIMMONS 

General Booking Manager 

ARTISTS can secure long engagements by booking direct with U8 



The Western Vaudevfile 
Managers’ Association 

MORT SINGER, General Manager— TOM CARMODT, Booking Manager 

Majestic Theatre Building CHICAGO, ILL. 



"Hello America” 23 Gayety Omaba Neb 30 
Gayety Kansas City Mo. 

"Hello Paree” 23 Star St Paul'30 Gayety Sioux 
City. 

"Hlgb Flyers” 23 Nesbit Wilkes-Barre 30 Ma- 
jestic Scranton Fa. 

"Hip Hip Hurrah" 23 Gayety Montreal 30 
Empire Albany. 

How* Sam 23 Empire Newark 80 Casino Fhll- 
adolptala. 






"Innocent Maids” 23 Worcester Worcester 
Mass 30 Gayety Brooklyn. 

Irwin’s "Big Show” 23 Jacques Waterbury 
Conn 30 Miner’s Bronx New York. 

"Jolly Girls” 23-26 Broadway Camden 26-28 
Camp Dlx Wrlghtstown N J SO Nesbit Wil- 
kes-Barre Pa. 

Kelly Lew 23 Columbia Now York 80 Empire 
Brooklyn. 

“Liberty Girls" 26-28 Park Bridgeport 80 
ColoBlal FroTldeao* B 1. 











Direction, NORMAN JEFFERIE 



"Ud Lifters” 23 Crown Chicago 80 Qayety 
Milwaukee. 



SEYMOUR’S HAPPY FAMILT 



“A Breeze From the Lakes of Killarney 



Direction, MANDEL & ROSE 



LOEW’S AMERICAN, Sept. 19-20-21-22 



NOTICE FOR 
EUROPE 

n«yera In Europe desiring to advertise 
In VARIETY, and wishing to take advan- 
tngn of the Prepaid Rates aUowed, may 
feeure the same, if at the time of mailing 
advertising .copy direct to VARIETY, New 
Yo^ the amount in payment for it is 
lAiMd in VARIETY’S credit at the 



f ALL MALL DEPOSIT AND FOR- 
WARDING CO. 

Carlton Sfc, Regent St, S. W., London 

for uniformity in exchange, the Pall 
|,«all Co, will accept depoaita for VARIETY 
at four shillinge, two pence, on the dollar. 

Through this manner of transmiasion, 
all danger of loea to the player is averted; 
variety aesumee full risk and acknowl- 
f^gas the Pall Mall Co.’a receipts as its 
own receipts for all money placed with 
Ihs PaU MaU to VARIETY’S credit 



“Maids of America” 23 Palace Baltimore Md 
30 Qayety Washington D C. 

“Malestlcs” 23 Star Cleveland 30 Empire To- 
ledo. 

Marlon Dave 23 Colonial Provldenoe R I 30 
Casino Boston. 

“Merry Rounders” 23 Qayety Pittsburgh 30-2 
Park Youngstown 8-6 Grand Akron O, 

“Midnight Maidens” 23 Garden Buffalo 80 
Empire Cleveland, 

“Mile a Minute Girls” 23 National Winter 
Garden New York 30 Gayety Philadelphia. 

“Military Maids” 23 Century Kansas City Mo 
30 Standard St liouls. 

“Million Dollar Dolls" 23 Lyric Dayton 30 
Olympic Cincinnati. 

“Mischief Makers" 23 Gilmore Springfield 
Mass 80 Howard Boston. 

"Monte Carlo Girls” 23 Olympic Now York 80 
Star Brooklyn. 

"Oh Girls" 23 Empire Albany 30 Qayety Bos- 
ton. 

“Orientals” 23 -Star Toronto 80 Garden Buf- 
falo. 

“Pace Makers” 23 Penn Circuit 80 Qayety 
Baltimore, Md. 

“Paris by Night” 23 Engelwood Chicago 80 
Crown Chicago. . 

“Parisian Flirts" 23 Howard Boston 30 Wor- 
cester Worcester Mass. 

"Pennant Winners" 23 Lyceum- Washington D 
C 30 Trocadero Philadelphia. 

"Pirates” 22-23 Grand Terre Haute 24-28 Ma- 
jestic Indianapolis Ind 30 Qayety Louisville 
Ky. 

"Puss Puss" 23 L 0 30 Qayety St Louis. 

“Bazzle Dazzle” 23-24 Watertown 25-26 Os- 
wego 27-28 Inter Niagara Falla N Y 30 Star 
Toronto. , „„ 

"Record Breakers” 23 Victoria Pittsburgh 30 
Penn Circuit. 



Week Sept. 2— Domiulon Theatre, Ottawa, Oat 
Week Sept. fr-Pripeeee Theatre, Heatrael. One. 



THE DOQ ACT WITH A .REAL NOVELTY OPENINd 

Theatre, Ottawa, Oat Week Seat 80— T f t 

beatre, Heatraal. One. ASK 

Hughes & Smith 



Thie Week (Sept 10)— Lytle, HaeiMtoa, Ont 
Next Week (8^ 23)-^eoiple, Detroit 



Reeves AI 22-24 Berchel Des Moines la 30 
Gayety Omaha, Neb. 

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“Speedway Girls" 23 Gayety Milwaukee SO 
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“Sporting Widows" 23 Casino Brooklyn SO 
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"Step Lively Girls” 28 Qayety Boston 80 Col- 
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Sydell Roee 23 Qayety Detroit SO Qayety Tor- 
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"Tempters” 28 Qayety Minneapolis 80 Star St 
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“Trail Hitters” 23 Star Brooklyn 80 Olympic 
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“20tb Century Maids” 23 Columbia Chicago 
80 Gayety Detroit. 

Watson Billy 23 Corinthian Rochester 80-2 
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Frank Belmont’s "Nation’s Peril” has con- 
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at the Rialto. Belmont Is taking his act east. 

For the period of the engagement of Mar- 
garet Illington at the Princess, in "Byes of 
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Mrs. F. W. Goldie, of Milwaukee, has sacri- 
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younger set to play another season with the 
Chicago Opera. To opera goers she Is known 
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The National Production Co., sponsoring 
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Following the big war exposition, the Hag- 
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tlc and Olympic) in vain. Liew Cantor’s yellow 
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BLACKSTONB (Harry J. Powers, mgr.).— 
Dark. Patricia Colllnge coming in “Tilly, the 
Mennonlte Maid.” 

COHAN’S GRAND (Harry J. Ridings, mgr.). 
—Grant Mitchell In "The Tailor Made Man” ; 
mopping up (4th week). 

COLUMBIA (Frank G. Parry, mgr.).— A1 
Reeves “Beauty Show.” 

CORT (Hugh J. Herman, mgr.).— "liomhardi, 
Ltd.,” wit’ll -Leo- Carrillo aifd Grace Valentino. 
Fair (5th week). 

CROWN (Ed J. Rowland, mgr.).— "Speed- 
way Girls." 

COLONIAL (Rollo Tlmponl, mgr.).— Fred 
Stone In “Jack o’Lantern”; capacity (3d 
week) . 

ENGLEWOOD (J. D. Whitehead, mgr.).— 
"Lid Lifters." 

GARRICK (John J. Garrlty, mgr.).— “Seven 
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HIPPODROME (Andrew Talbot, mgr.). — 
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ILLINOIS (Rollo Tlmponl, mgr.).— “Rain- 
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LA SALLE (Nat Royster, mgr.). — "Oh, 
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NATIONAL (John Barrett, mgr.), — "The 
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OLYMPIC (Abe Jacobs, mgr.).— "TB^nl to 
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POWERS (Harry J. Powers, mgr.). — ^Ina 
Claire In "Polly with a Post” ; hit (3rd week), 

STAR & GARTER (William Roche, mgr.).— 
Rose Sydell’s "London Belles,'* 

STUDEBAKER (Matthew Smith, mgr.).— 
William T. Hodge In "A Cure tor Curables" : 
good (3rd week). 

WILSON AVENUE (Walter Bull, mgr.).— 
Stock. 

WOOD’S (A1 Woods, mgr. ; Homer Buford, 
bus. mgr.). — "Friendly Enemies,” No, 2, with 
A1 Shean and Qus Weinberg (28th week). 

MAJESTIC (William G. Tisdale, mgr.; 
agent, Orpheuml.—Carl McCullough, a few 
weeks past at McVlcker’s, and was only fair, 
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untheatrlcal, with a clear voice and a clean 
deportment, he registered perfectly. His ren- 
dition of “Just for Tonight,” as David War- 
field, A1 JqIsoi), Harry Lauder and Eddie Poy 
would sing it, earned him a tremendous hand. 

The show opened with Cunningham and 
Clements in a sightly cycle of dances of the 
moment, well e*;ecuted. 

The Two Wards— Bob and A1 — handicapped 
as they were by the second position, dupli- 
cated the bit they ma.de at their recent ap- 
pearance at the same house a few weeks ago. 
They ragtime yoddeling at the finish was par- 
ticularly applauded. 

COakloy and Dunlevy did business for the 
Smith Brothers with their screaming black- 
face trench travesty. The audience was hoarse 
with laughter. 

Truly Shattuck and Emma O’Neill got by, 
but only on the past laurels of the former. 

, ”In the Dark,” a circumstantial evidence 
Sketch by Mack Esplan, set in a hotel corri- 
dor, pleased. 

Following McCullough, Gus Edwards’ lengthy 
feat of music satiated. The tenor sang his 
first number halt a key too low and bla sec. 
ond number half a sharp high, so be was 
even on the day. BuHng. 

RIALTO (Norman Field, mgr. ; agent, 
Mathews-Loew). — The show opened with the 
Four Meyakes, a Jap act with two men and 
two women, who do some exceedingly clever 
hand balancing stunts on a pedestal. One of 
the male members of the four— a youth — 
varies the business of the act by a well ren- 
dered violin solo. The trio close with a song 



and dance— not so good. Frank Bush, whose 
gage are almost as well known as his little 
tin fife, enfiladed heavily for the rlBlbllties 
of th.e hopse, and took all objectives. Mary 
Dorr made j^od with character sonMS. She 
opened with a lively straight Qumker, then 
went to a rube song, with make-up. S|ie 
changed to Italian, singing the number about 
the girl reJectlDg her sweetheart because he 
wasn’t in khaki. For an encore, wpeh was 
real, by the way she recited "Pa Never Does." 
Tommy Ray, billed as "The Singing Fire- 
man," surprised the audience by slowing a 
really good voice. But. the feature of his 
act Is the sturdy recruiting talk be dellvors, 
And they cheer this admirable sentiment 
thunderously. Duffy and Montague offered . 
an ordinary chatter bit In which the man 
represepted a soused groom ' and the girl a 
newly-wedded bride. O'Neill and Wamsley, 
freauently reviewed here, were the laughing 
hit of the show. . Stoing, 

PALACE (Earl Steward, mgr.; agent, Or- 
pheum). — Carter de Haven and Flora Parkar 
came back to Chicago after an absehse of 
many years. The last time they played hero 
was In “Hanky-Panky,” and that was six 
' years ago. The Dp Haven-Parker offering 
does not possesa any 'ouallflcatlons which 
would set It forth as nnusually attractive. 
Billed to top the offering here this week, ^ 
team did not deliver headline' goods. De 
Haven Is always the well groomed and graq^ 
ful klddo. His wife Is as soft and babyish 
as ivy Sawyer. They have a lot of clothes 
and the act IS beautifully set. But no act. 

Mr, De Haven apparently goes not think 
that raudevilte patrons know thi^ MiSD Parker 
Is Mrs. De Haven. He sings about It. He 
not only advertises the marriage, but men- 
tions two children incidental to the match. 
It is one of those numbers where they come 
out, and in rhyme ( !) tell you what they are 
going to do — one of the most overplayed of 
vaudeville tricks. Then they do It, Then 
in rhyme ( ?) they tell you what they have 
done. Then they bid you good-bye In rhyme 
(!?) and' hole you’ve had a pleasant time. 
One of those things. 

"Some Bride” is a combined sketch, sing- 
ing and dancing act wUb three principals and 
three scenes. The two elnglng principals 
are only fair, but the girl who dances Is the 
high , light of the act. She has a supple man- 
ner of kicking and a sexy personality which 
gets over the footlights. The ragtime wed- 
ding finish Is well done. 

Sandy Shaw, billed as a Scotch comedian, 
is a frank copy of Harry Lauder, and bet- 
ter than moat copies of that oomedlan. In 
bis first two numbers Shaw sings Lauder 
numbers In Lauder costumes, 'varying the 
third by coming out In a well delivered 
characterisation of a Scotch woman, singing 
a lachrymose number about the decease of 
her husband. He got a big band after his 
number, and was forced by acclaim to come 
back and recite a po^m about "The Ladles of 
Hell,” the title given the kiltie ' soldiers by 
the sorrowful Huns. 

Lester, ventrlloauisf, and his ludicrous 
dummy, took the laughing honors. Vlollnsky, 
artful and eccentric genius with the violin 
and piano, started slow and didn’t get his 
due until he pulled the impression of a mov- 
ing picture pianist and the one of the cate 
piano player at 4 o'cio.ok in the morning. A 
lot of talent, but not enough showmanship — 
that’s Vlollnsky. 

Jean Adair, sweet little actress of sweet 
little mother roles, got over in a poor sketch 
set Into, an auto salesroom. The Overland 
automobile Is one of the props, and it is 
heavily advertised, but at the finish, when the 
car Is supposed to glide off, the balky ma- 
chine refused to budge. The eketch Is one 
of those where the long lost black shecP comes 
back as a white alley, all loaded down with 
kale and virtue, and brings tears of Joy from 
hla mother, and sniffles from that branch of 
the audience which made a million dollars for 
Bast Lynne. ' 

Love and 'Wilbur, good acrobats, opened, 
and the Equllli Brothers, balance artists, 
closed, and Dunbar’s Harmonists sang. 

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OKPHEUM (Cbas. E. Bray, mgr. ; agent, 
direct).- 10, Mile. Dazle ami Co., beautifully 
dene. Wllllo Solar, riot. Gygl andf'VadI, 
pleased. Submarine Base Band, aroused 
patriotic fervor. "Girl from Milwaukee,” good 
vocalist. Milt Collins, Gilbert and Frledland, 
and Toto, repeated success of previous week, 

PANTAGES (Carl Walker, mgr. ; agent,’ 
direct). — 10, Qalettl’s baboons, entertaining. 
Denlshawn Dancers, went over big. Tally and 
Harty, clever team. Billy Elliott, got laughs, 
Eastman Trio, scored. Reddlngton and Grant, 
applauded, , 

HIPPODROME (A. L. Bernstein, mgr.; 
agent, Ackermaun-Harrls).— 10, McGreevy and 
Inman, entertained. Four Kings, filled In 
nicely. Monarch Dancing Four, fair dancers, 
Hopkins and Axtel, tickled audience. Borrl 
and Co., good. Hyatt and Moore, well re- 
ceived. 

Henry L. Macalo -has- been appointed man- 
ager for the William Fox production "Salome.” 
Ho will have charge of the northern country. 

Hughey Fay Is pn the road to bankruptcy, 
having purchased an automobile. 

Pantnge’s new theatre Is to be equipped with 
motion picture apparatus. 

Lullian M. Webb, who died here recentlv, 



was well known locally ns an actress. Her 
screen name was Lillian Peacock. 

The Fowlers, Bthyle and Addison, well- 
known dancers who have gained a big reputa- 
tlqa In Cillifornia, are en route east to go Into 
vaudeville. Joe Paige Smith la ba^dUnf them. 
T|oy are breaking the Jump by piByJng a 
wosk at Ploaaix, Arlz. ♦ - ^ ^ ' 

Jack Cunningham has been signed by Rob- 
ert Brunton to ^ all the scenarios and con- 
tinuities for the Bfuaton company. He will 
write exclusively for the following stars: 
Frank Keenan, Kitty Gordon, Louise Glaum, 
Bessie Barrlscale, J. Warren Kerrigan and 
others. 

Robert A. Brunton, who owns one of the 
biggest and lest studio properties anywhere, 
Is back from New York, whither he went on 
a flying -^Ip to confer with J. A. Beret of 
Ifto made produoilg con- 
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Die show, Holtz winning tho biggest nonors. 
Clark and Bergman, hit. The Leightons, well 
liked. Wilfred Clark and Co., aviei^fuf 
laughgetter. Eddy Duo, opened »cepti6n- 
ally good. Alla Moskova and Co., oloaof very 
good. “Where ’Things Happen” (Kpdover), 
repeated. Joe Mon Is. Henry Bergman and 
Lou Holta p^t on an Inmrqmtu turn tfe wap 
a riot. r - 

PANTAGES (Burton Myer, mgr. I asuut, 
direct).— 16, Average bill. "Enroute^i Moaed 
well ; Jimmy, feature. Charles Morati; 
pleased. Jessie and Dolllo MtUer, scored 
Piuf'y. Lucy Gillette, opened, went big. Parish 
and Peru, yersfttllUy gpprectMysd; hit. 
Creamer, Barton pd Sparlmg, eeored with 
songs, talk detracting. 

CASINO (Lester Fountain, mgr. ; agent, 
Apkerman-Harrla). -Charles Aplhta’a musical 
comedy tabloid featured, bmplng business. 
This tab, 'The Rose of Hawalla,” In closing 
Bopt. did well. Batty WUIlama, displayed 
ejaes and alility. Reo and Dalmar, opmed, 
showing feata of strength; good. Gould and 
Qoiild, very good. Florence Bell and Co. and 
Weber and Talbott, out, with Raymond 
Whitaker and Co. replacing; well liked 

_ ®P?i?.DROMD (Edwin A. Morris, mgr.).— 



Ring Co. opened there. Qa the Htpp sldo of 
O Farrell street traJ(^ In hinged for pedes- 
trians for more than an hour by the second 
slow patrons, on the joene ^riy, The past 
two weeks the box office olQsgd tong IMoro 
the second show i^'arteS "The RaSum, Girl,'' 
In two acts, last week. The production eur- 
paesed previous efforts for costuming and 
Boeneiw. The vaudeville section was Opened 
by the Reckless Duo, two mpn, who do some 
very good balancing and 'tjraB^o work. A 
teaturo of the tutn, and a rather dlflhiult 
stunt, is that of one of the men vhlle bal- 
anced on hte on the t^ap'ezoy holding a 
ring on which his parti^er neclonns. Jim and 
Irene Marlyn with aoiigSy aahck» violin solo 
by the girl, and imjpressions by the male 
“ember, displayed class, a|$d dosed to a hit 
with a lOuO conception of a cako walk. Swiss 
Song Birds, three women possessing good 
voices, and a tnan accompanying them'on' tho 
zither, were well llkcjd. Lalftte Ward Davis, 
billed as /'The Amerl[can Qirl,'* was on fourty 
(New Acts). Rae and Faulkner, two men, 
III ^ A wop and straight, the'y.aude- 



ALOA^R (B, B. Price, m^.f.-~‘*Hearta 



of the World” (picture, 18th week). 

CORT (Homer P. Curran, mgr.). — ’-'Why 
Marry?” with Nat Goodwin (2d week), 

COLUMBIA (Gottlob & Marx, mgrs.).— 
"Twin Beds” (lat week). 

HIPPODROME (Edwin A. Morris, mgr.).— 
Will King Oo. (stock) and A-H ft W. V. A. 
vaudeville. 

MAJESTIC (Ben Muller, mgr.). — Del Law- 
rence Stock Co, 

PRINCESS (Bert Levey, lessee 'A ffiRfO. — 
Bert Levey vaudeville. 

WIGWAM (Jos, P. Bauer, mgr.).— A-H A 
W. V. A. vaudeville. 

Potlowlng the wedding here last week 
Ethel Davis, of the Will King company, nn^ 
Pred RIsch, leader gt Tail’s Jazz Band, by 
RnbbI Rosonwasser, the bride and bril^room 
met their friends at .the St. Francis Hotel, 
where a wedding breakfast was served. The 
newly-married couple will likely appear to- 
gether In vaudeville at the expiration of their 
present contracts. 

Nellie Clifford, w entertainer at the Pup 
■ cafe,- was arraignciT'bafora a polliie Judge Otf 
a larceny charge hero last week. ' A patron of 
the cafe claimed he was robbed of f 160. The 
manager of the cafe, who Is charged with aa- 
BBUlt and battery in the case, testified that 
the patron bad only $17.05, which he. throw 
on the floor, Tho case was continued for a 
couple of days. 

Samuel Hume, appointed director of the 
Greek theatre, at the University of Galltomla, 



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NEW YORK CRITICS UNANIMOUSLY PROCLAIM 



ERINE 



FORREST-CHURCH 

A Positive Novelty and a Surefire Hit. An Act Refined, Intimate and Classy 



GRACE 



:THE PROOF: 



VARIETY 

September 6 — Fifth Avenne 
The Koban Jipi (New Acte) were followed hr Forrett and Church, 
who did excepUoDally well, with the young man ibowlng muilcal ikiU 
with (be banjo and xylophone that work(Kl htnnonloualy and adran- 
tageouily with bis female partner's dreulng and dantdns. > 



Keith’s, Jersey City, Sept. 16-18 
Proctor’s Mt Vernon, Sept. 19-21 



‘‘CLIPPER*’ 

September 4— Fifth Avenne 

Forrest and Church, s man and woman, bare a pleaalnjr act, niay 
open with the man playing a banjo, while his partnsr sings and danoo. 
The man then does a tnm with the banjo, in which he tells tha story 
of the war by playing inatches from yarloua well-known songs Another 
dance by the woman Is followed by the man doing a numbar on tbs 
xylophone, and. for a flniili, fat plays tbe asms Inatrumest whllt his 
partner dances They are clever performers tod hart an entartalnlag 
act. The man playi the xylophone well, while fall partner It as excel- 
lent dancer, ii chlo, pretty and vlraclous and wears three sttiactlTe 
costumes. They scored a well-deaarved auccess. 



N. Y. ‘‘TELEGRAPH” 

Aoffoit 26— Harlem Opera Hoaae / 

If bookera are in eearch of a refloedl Intimate and eomewhit dUferent 
act, thia one ahould immediately attract tbeir attention and appiOTal. 
Where aaother pair might attempt nolle and oonfvaiODu the two try to 
entertain in a quiet and vuhdued manner and luooeed in making them- 
lelvea agreeable. At the atari the man cornea forward and playa the 
banjo* with hia partner making her appearance through a apodal drop 
of cretonne* attired aa a maid of the early *60a She ainga and dances 
to hia Further <iAndn g followa* with the man abowlng 

hla akill upon the xylophone, paving the way to plenty of applauae. 
Tttf were well liked h^ ttome of the big dreutta can uae them. 

Direction, ROSE & CURTIS 



STOP: MANAGERS AND 
AGENTS: STOP 

This is the act ytm are 
looking for. 

Can bold any spot on 
any bill. 

A hit now on tbe Coast. 

RECKLESS 




DUG 



I FHAMK RECKLIESS, Manager I 

Direction. EARL & YATES, Chicago | 

arrived here from Boston last week. He suc- 
ceeds tbe late Dr. Dallam Arme. 

The Paclflo Coast Land and Industrial Ex- 
position opened at the Civic Auditorium, Oak- 
land,' last week. The exposition, wblch is 
scheduled to run 28 days. Is being heavily 
attended. 

Louis Jordou, a negro employe of the Barnum 
& Bailey show, who was struck on the head 
by a fellow-employe with a tent mallet during 
a quarrel over a game of “craps," died last 
week at the hospital here. The police are 
searching for tbe assailant. 

Modification of ligbtless nights, permitting 
lighting of building exteriors all nights ex- 
cepting Mondays and Tuesdays, will be in 
effect Oct. 1. 



OSAKI and TAKI 

in a Difficult Routine of 
Aerial Gymnastics 

Direction, FRED BRANT 



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THE FAYNES 

Touring South African Theatres 



NOVEL 



Arthur Behim, Coast manager for Water- 
8on< Berlin & Snyder, left for a trip to Los 
Angeles this week. 

Owing to tbe inconvenience of certain for- 
eign acts to enter and leave Canada, Acker- 
man & Harris will, in all probability, discon- 
tinue the booking of the Royal, Vancouver, 
B. ^.C., the house -lately acquired by the cir- 
cuit, at least during tbe war. 

Grace De Mar, who has been spending the 
summer here, left for Salt Lake City last 
week to resume her Orpbeum tour, 

Tbe Jar containing contributions for the . 
Belgian babies’ relief, was stolen from tbe 
front of the Orpheum. Recently another Jar 
was pilfered from the Fresno Hippodrome. 

Maurice L. Adler, WItmark's road man, 
left for tbe east last week, after a successful 
Coast trip. 

Ackerman & Harris have notified the theatre 
managers of tbe Montana one-nigbt vaude- 
ville stands that it will be necessary to play 
acts two nights if. they desire to continue with 
the Hippodrome circuit acts. 

De Vally Opera Co. will open in the Marie 
Antoinette theatre, in the Norman room of 
the Fairmount Hotel, soma time In December. 
The theatre will seat 500. 

Gloria Davis is singing between pictures at 
the Rialto. 

ATLANTIC CITY. 

By CHARLES SCHEURBR. 

The Steeplechase Pier will close Saturday, 
according to Manager Fennan, who has bad 
a most successful season. At the Steel Pier 
the programs have been decrease.d- Bethel’s 
Band has departed. Daily dancing has been 
discontinued and the cake walks are no more. 
Leman and his Symphony orchestra will offer 
three daily concerts. Dancing occurs here 
Saturday nights, and the Murphy Min- 
strels are still featured with two daily per- 
formances. Pictures are shown twice daily. 
Manager W. E. Shackelford of the Million Dol- 
lar claims the record business of the season 
for his pier, largely in excess of 1017, The 
Garden Pier has returned to Its popular policy 
of dancing. Nick Nichols' Orchestra Is there. 
Manager S. W. Megill has found it pleases 
tbe young set. 

Otis F, Peck, a tuneful organist from a 
local picture bouse, aas been in district court 
the past week trying to find out where he 
stands on a contract to touch up the organ 
for tbe delectation of the patrons and the 
enhancement of the pictures for the sum of 
$85 per week, less a withheld amount of 
$U30. Peck played but a portion of his year 
and is now trying to secure bis $630, which 
rests on tbe peculiar supposition of whether 
or not the said film house fired tbe organist 
or whether he ceased tickling the keys of bis 
own accord. 



Shooting straight into a strong east wind 
that made the tarhawks careen awkwardly and 
at hard angles, over 200 trapshooters of the 
nation battled for honors at the opening day 
of the four-day shoot of the Westy Hogans 
of the U. S. A. at the Atlantic Aviation 
Grounds at Albany avenue. 

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Accused of swindling Boardwalk mer- 
chants and hotel proprietors out of several 
thousand dollars through the medium of 
worthless checks, Jean Mullln and Alice Val- 
entiue, attractive, well dressed young women 
were arrested In Brooklyn by Detective Soli- 
taire and Farley, are held pending tbe ar- 
rival of requisiton papers for their return to 
the shore. Among tbe victims are Ralph 
Misrahi, whose loss Is placed at $700, M. A. 
Bachellor, art goods dealer at 033 Board- 
walk, of $300, St Charles Hotel, $75, and the 
Hanan Shoe Co., $50. There are many other 
Instances of similar character being probed, 
while the '-'olice have recovered most of the 
stolen goods. Miss Mullln, who appeared 
here recently In a musical comedy attraction, 
is eaid to be a frequent visitor to the shore, 
where she gained the confidence .of tne local 
hotel men and merchants. Her checks were 
on tbe Corn Exchange Bank, Hudson River 
Branch, and returned "not known.’* 

Four or five more productions are to be 
opened at the Apollo by John Cort this sea- 
son, according to Nellie Revell, who was in 
town with "Qlorianna," which had much dlfiEi- 
culty lu getting scenery and costumes to the 
shore for the opening night. A performance, 
on this account, was Impossible until Friday 
night, the date having been previously set for 
Thursday. 

Louis N. Cline of tbe Broadburst produc- 
tions and Sam Hofenstein of the Woodc ofQce 
are here recuperating from the strehuous life 
of Broadway’s prod--- ing months. 

Split weeks are to become actual facts at ' 
. tbe Apollo and Globe week of Sept. 23. 
Margaret Anglin In “Billeted” will be at the 
former house and Norah Bayes will be offered 
by H. H. Frazee at the Globe in her present 
musical play. 

This week finds tha ^Apollo with an all 
week engagement of Henry Miller and Ruth 
Cbatterton In “A Marriage of Convenience” 
and tbe Globe offering a return engagement of 
"So Long Letty," with Charlotte Greenwood 
starred and Herbert Cavanaugh In tbe leading 
male role. Cavanaugh has an interest to 
Atlantic City playgoers, as he is a son-in- 
law of former City Comptroller and City His- 
torian A. M. Heston. 

Henry Mager, whom many amusement men 
claim to be the original, slmon pure “Nature 
made" editor of the “Atlantic City Observer," 
a publication that has hitherto been founds 
upon promise as much as performance, clashed 
with Merchantlle Appraiser Scbmeldler 
Saturday over the pleblan proposal that be 
pay a mercantile license. Ten dollars means 
a whole lot to the average editor, and Mr. 



Mager .proved no exception. But he was 
pried loose from that amount, and finally 
conceded to the separation with as good grace 
as might be expected under tbe excruciating 
circumstances. He’s confident, however, that 
he’ll get hla money back when he tells his 
story to the recorder. ' 

Ah Chung, a speed artist from the land of 
chop Buey, who ducked the laundry game to 
don the gloves, made his premelre here 
Saturday night at the Atlantic City Sporting 
Club against Joe Marks, a two-fisted Quaker 
City battler. Ah what’s his name had the 
misfortune to get a slashing wallop over the 
left eye at the opening of the second round, 
inflicting a serious gash, and after the bout 
had - gone a round further, -Referee Taylor 
stopped the scrap to save his eye from per- 
manent injury. 

BOSTON. 

BY LBN UBBEY. 

KEITH’S (Robert O. liarsen, mgr, ; agent, U. 
B. O.).— The clan of Mortons not only fur- 
nished the greater portion of the bill Monday 
night, but in addition actually saved the show 
from more or less of a flop. Boston has al- 
ways bad a warm spot in its supposedly cold 
heart for the Mortons, and when the tribe In- 
creases to seven Mortons in three acts, all 




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“THE MUSICAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA” 

Not a dumb act. Plays all requests by memory. Employs no plants. No two shows alike. Every show a new 

show — songs, talk and comedy combined with requests. 



ROYAL, NEW YORK, THIS WEEK (Sept. 16). Direction, ALF. T. WILTON 











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NEW YORK OPENING SOON 





Bnappy, the triumph was absolute and nobody 
blamed the old man tor throwing out bis chest 
a bit and talking about them at the conclusions 
of his . old specialty. But the old sure-fire bit 
of the back kick that comes from an unknown 
source to the great bewilderment of Ma was 
missing Monday night. Perhaps ma’s anatomy 
Is getting tender or Pa is getting rough. Clara's 
single started the Mortons going. She went 
over as neatly as ot yore and her “pep stride*’ 
might well be carried farther in livening up 
her act. Brother Paul with his wife (Naomi 
Glass) went big, but the real riot came when 
Sam and Kitty plodded on. The “band’’ they 
received must have warmed the cockles of Uielr 
hearts and when they pulled Martha and Joe on 
the stage about 15 minutes later they received 
another ovation. The six real Mortons took the 
last bow, the absence of Mrs. Paul being 'un- 
fortunate. The bouse Tuesday morning pulled 
some display advertising in the dailies on the 
triumph of the Mortons and the bouse, with a 
medlcore bill, will apparently wind up the 
week to capacity. 

Tozart, a lightning artist, opened with a 
novel setting but with a poor act for Its kind, 
but his last stunt of blocking in a red, white 
and blue patriotic poster from a full length 
picture of a woman was sure fire and put him 
safely over. Clara and Emily Barry went only 
fairly, their unison singing at entrance handi- 
capping their later comedy stuff considerably. 
Bryan Lee and Mary Cranston in "A Brittany 
Romance” turned out to he rather crisp, al- 
though his gage about “Guess I tapped the 
wrong keg,” after having milked in pantomime 
an imaginary cow and drinking the keg, might 
well be barred as a rather coarse bit lor a 
family house. Charles Olcott went well, al- 
though the wonder is that bis ten-minute trav- 
esty on comic opera has not played Itself out 
before now. Florence Roberts and Co. In “The 
Woman Intervenes” ran smoothly, being an 
ideal type of “puchless playlet" which does not 
drag. The Koban Japs closed with a short 
and snappy, offering, with a really sensational 
close,' a bicycle on a foot balanced pole being 
ridden upside down in the vicinity of the flies, 
the rider standing on the pedals on bis hands. 

BOSTON (Charles Harris, mgr. j agent,' U. 
B. O.).— “Mode^ Love’’ was featured on the 
film end with a vaudeville bill, including Mario 
and Dully, Scott and Kane, Tom Brown, Moon 
and Morris, and Harry Antrim. 

BIJOU (Ralph Gilman, mgr). — ^Pictures. 
Fair. 

BOWDOIN (A1 Somerbee, mgr. ; agent, U. 
B, 0.). — Pop. Fair. 

ST. JAMBS (J. E. .Somes, mgr.; agent, 
Quigley). — Vaudeville included the Klncalde 
Kilties, Cromwell and White, Youna Novelty 
Japs, Jeanette and The Earls the first half 
with the film bill headed by "The Source.’’ 
Big. 

GLOBE (Frank Meagher, mgr.; agent, 
Loew). — Pictures. Good. 

ORPHEUM (Victor J. Morris, mgr.: agent, 
Loew).— Snappy bill. Including the Melva Sis- 
ters in a novel musical act, Vance and Allen, 
Dave Thursby, Tom Davies and Co., Zbun and 
Dreis, Ara Sisters. Film bill beaded by Doro- 
thy Dalton in “Vivo La Prance.” Excellent. 

SCOLLAY OLYMPIA (James J. McGuln- 
ness, mgr.).— Pop. Good. "To Hell With the 
Kaiser” strongly featured in advertising. 



GORDON’S OLYMPU (Frank Hookallo, 
mgr.). — Pop with film bill headed by Alice 
Brady in “The Death Dance.” 

PARK (Thomas D, Sorlero, mgr.).— Pictures. 
Good. 

SHUBBRT (E. D. Smith, mgr.). — “Maytime” 
still running strong. 

COLONIAL (Charles J. Rich, mgr.).— “The 
Follies” opened Monday with the usual whale 
of a business. Newspaper comments laid stress 
Tuesday morning on the chlffoned limbs and 
the absence of the famous lack of clothing 
which has always been such ar drawing card 
tor the “Follies” in the years when the young 
men were in college rather than in the 

(PGQCilOS* 

PLYMOUTH (B. D. Smith, mgr.). — “Friend- 
ly Enemies” going like a house afire wltii 
some especially agressive advertising being 
cleverly bandied. 

WILBUR (B..D. Smith, mgr.).— r“Oh Lady, 
liSdy,” fair. 

MAJESTIC (E. D. Smith, mgr.).— “Experi- 
ence” on last week to lair business, with 
Thurston, magican, underlined for a fortnight. 

PARK SQUARE (Fred E. Wright, mgr.). — 
"Parlor, Bedroom iai Bath” doing nicely, the 
spice making it an especially good drawing 
card these days. 

TREMONT (Charles J. Rich, mgr.). — Leo 
Ditrichstein opened Monday in “The Matinee 
Hero.” Excellent bouse opening night and the 
new show took unexpectedly well. 

HOLLIS (Charles J. Rich, mgr.). — Third 
week of May Robson in “A Little Bit Old 
Fashioned." Fair. 

CASINO (Charles Waldron, mgr.). — Lew 
Kelly in Jack Singer’s “Welcome to Our City.” 
Big. 

GAYETY (Thomas H. Henry, mgr). — MoUie 
Williams Show. Excellent. 

HOWARD (George B» Lothrop, mgr.). — “The 
Innocent Maids,” supported by a house bill. 
Good. 

The Henry Jewett Players opened their sea- 
son Monday night with “Never Say Die.” There 
will be a repertory season of 36 weeks at 
$1.50 top and the support of society patronage 
being sought. 

Jack Donahue, of Donahue and Stuart, feat- 
ure dancer of the “Kltchy-Koo” company tnat 
closed here last week, was tendered a banquet 
at the Georgian Saturday night by a mob of 
his old pais in Boston beaded by Harry Mc- 
Cormack, a well-kown newspaper man. 

Laurette Taylor opens at the Hollis Sept. 
30 in Happiness.” 

buffalo' n. y. 

BY L. B. SKBFFINQTON. 

SHUBERT-TECK (John R. Oshel, mgr.).— 
Henry Hull in “The Man Who Came Back.” 

MAJESTIC (Peter C. Cornell, mgr.).— Cyril 
Maude In “The Saving Grace." 

STAR (Peter C, Cornell, mgr.), — Yhe Knlck- 
• erbocker' Players in “The Brat.” 

SHEA’S (Henry Carr, mgr.). — Nan llalperln. 
Riding School, Natali and M. Ferrari, Yates 
and Reed, Foster Ball, Maurice Burkhar, Four 
Holloways, Weber and Ridnor, McRae and 
Clegg. 



GAYETY (R. B. Patton, mgr,).— Billy Wat- 
son and “The Beet Trust.” 

GARDEN (Wllllnin F. Graham, mgr.). — 
“The Aviator Girls.” 

LYRIC (Charles Bowe, mgr.).— Slayman All 
Arabs, Angeles La Croix and Co., Conrad and 
Saunders, Garlan Trio, Rene Long, Port and 
De Lacey. 

OLYMPIC (Bruce Fowler, mgr.).— “Little 
Miss Up-to-Date,” presented by Menlo Moore: 
Harry Brooks and Co. in “The Minstrel Man,” 
Spanish Goldlnls, Edna Reming, Clark Trio. 

ACADEMY (Jules Michaels, mgr.). — ^Acad- 
emy Players in “Devil of a Time.” 

HIPPODROME (Harold Franklin, mgr.).— 
First half, “The Hun Within”; second half. 
Marguerite Clark in “Uncle Tom's Cabin." 

STRAND (Earl L. Crabb, mgr.).~:Plrst half, 
Nazlmova in “Toys of Fate” ; second half, 
Viola Dana in “Flower of the Dusk.” 

Floyd Gibbons, the war correspondent, will 
lecture in Elmwood Music Hall Sept. 24. 

The Garden theatre has started Sunday con- 
certs, two each Sunday, at 2:30 and 8:80.' 
The rest of thq week the house plays bur- 
lesque. 

Buffalo Lodge, No. 23, Elks,*baB taken Shea’s 
outright > for the evening performance Sept. 30, 
when all money realized from the auction sale 
of seats and boxes above the price paid for the 
show wiU be turned over to the lodge’s war 
activities fund. In addition to the regular 
program of the house, a number of features of 
local interest will be presented. 

DETROIT 

BY JACOB SMITH. 

TEMPLE (C. G. Williams, mgr.; 0. B. 0.).— 
Rooney & Bent, Fradkin and Miss Jean Tell, 
Mazle King, Chris Richards, Edith Ciifford, 
Everests Monkey Circus, Holliday and Wil- 
lette, Frank Shilos. 

ORPHEUM (Tom Faland, mgr.; Loew). — 
Old Soldier Fiddlers, Gilroy, Haynes and Mont- 
gomery, Bert Draper, Dellte, Ethel and Hardy, 
“Sherman Was Wrong,” sketch, Hudson Sis- 
ters. 

MILES (Gus Greening, mgr.). — Lawrence 
Johnstonn, Gladys Gillen & Co., Kimball Broth- 
ers, The Four Cuban Atblets, Vivian and Ma- 
gel, Chaplan and Wells. 

GARRICK (Richard H. Lawrence, mgr.). — 
“Maytime, ’’ second week. Next, “Kiss Burg- 
lar.” 

OPERA HOUSE (A. H. Warner, mgr.).— 
“Country Cousin.” Next, “Hamilton.” 

GAYETY (J. M. Ward, mgr.).— "Golden 
Crook.” 

CADILLAC (Sam Levey, mgr.).— “Paris by 
Night.” 

Henry Santrey, booked indefinitely for the 
Regent, is conducting Victory Singing this 
week. Santrey is drawing down $200 per week. 

Union musicians have been granted an in- 
crease and under the new scale will work 5 1-2 
hours per day at the theatres. This is a half 
hour less than last season. \ 

“Salome,” Fox production, opened Indefinite 
engagement at Adams theatre Sunday. 



“The Great Love" was held over for a second 
week at the Washington. 

Fred M. Shafer, manager of the Liberty, has 
resigned to manage the Academy of Music. 
New York, for William Fox, 

All open time at tlie Powers, Grand Rapids, 
has been leased to Charles Seaman, of the (^n- 
. Bolldated 'Theatres, Inc, 

MONTOAL. 

By ARTHUR SCHALER. 

HIS MAJESTPY’S (Edwards & Driscoll, 
mgrs.).— “Eyes of Youth.” Next, "A Tailor- 
Made Man.” 

PRINCESS (Abbie Wright, mgr. ; agent, 
U. B. 0.).— "Children ot Prance”: Nellie V. 
Nichols;. “Corner Store”; Loney Haskell; 
Moruk Sisters ; Van Brothers ; Ernie and 
Ernie; Ramsdclls and Doyo. 'To packed 
houses. 

LOBW’S (Ben Mills, mgr.). — Wilson Bros, 
headlined ; Gulilinl Quartette ; “Don't Lie to 
Mama” ; Praise ; Meryl Prince and Girls ; 
Billie Burke, in “Pursuit ot Polly. House al- 
ways packed. , 

Several film houses have decided to increase 
the price five cents which will include the 
War Tax. The lmperi«(l and Loew’s would 
not raise. 

The St. Denis is about to reopen, it is said, 
about Oct. 1. No policy reported. Loew’s 
numo mentioned. 

The Empire will not opeif this season. 

Sohmor Park is open on Sunday only now 
with six acts. 

Dominion Park closed Sept. 15, two weeks 
later than usual. \ 

The Montreal Stage Employees’ Union asked 
for a $3 a week Increase which they received. 

The Rialto, which changed hands about 
every three months since It wae biillt, has 
once more changed, this time Instead of pic- 
tures and stock burlesque. It Is playing Yid- 
dish plays at 10, 20, 80. 

A new organ is going to be installed at 
Loew’s theatre In a few weeks. 

NEWm'EANS. 

By O. M. SAMUEL. 

ORPHEUM (Arthur White, mgr,). — Unfor- 
seen Incidents mliltatod against the hill Mon- 
day evening. The Flemings, billed, were 
drafted from the stage at Ihe Orpbeum, Mem- 
phis, Sunday. Pope and Uno hurriedly open- 

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~^Most wonderful dancers’’^M^e Munray. 

“Ypur Chaplin dance is a bear; great and can’t be 

improved upon’’— CharUe ChapHn^ 

“Beautiful dancers” — Louise Glaum.. 

‘*The most graceful dancers I have met”---Hejjry 

Lehrman. 

“You Tiave my sincere admiration of your danc- 
ing” — ^Blanche Sweet. 

“May all others enjoy your dancing*as I have”-^ 

Norman Kerry. 

“The best dancers in captivity”— Alma Rubens. 

■Tou folks will make a big hit in New York”— 
Constance Talmadge. 

“I always was told I had clever feet; buh oh, The 
Fowlers have me beat”— Benny Leonard cham- 
pion boxer. 

“Remind me very much of the Castles”— Elliott 
Dej^r. 

“I expect to hear gi’eat things of you when you get 
to New York”— Olive Thomas. 

“If I could handle my feet the way you do I would 
be champion boxer of the world”— Kid McCoy. 

“Some speed to the Fowlers”— Barney Oldfield. 

“I sure enough enjoy your dancing”— Tom Mix. 

— AND^ 

Guy Price in Los Angeles “Evening Herald”: “They are dancers 
New York must reckon with. ... The man is not handsome but 
oh how he can dance, and the girl has charm and personality only 
equaled by her dancing skill and grace, . . . Twelve feet of 

whirlwind originality and creativeness. . , . Just as sure as Uncle 

Sam is going to wallop the kaiser so these Fowlers are going to give 
New York and the blase east a tlmll of delight,” 

Salt Lake “Telegram”: ‘^Ethyle and Addison Fowler are remarkable 
dancers and their artistic interpretation of several dances of their own 
creation met with enthusiastic approval.” 

San Frahciscd “Call”; “The dancers, Ethyie and Addison Fowler, 
became instantaneous favorites. Ethyie has all the grace of a butterfly 
and the buoyancy that belongs to youth, and is particularly blessed by 
being the dancing partner of a man who knows how to dance as well as 
deport himself in a ballroom.” 



Return after a successful and extensive world's 

tour» bringing something 



with\an unlimited supply of laughs 
MABEL BILLY 



Just Finished Record Engagement in Cahfoijnia 

Forty Weeks With Baron long 

We Hate To 
Talk About 



WUQLESALE LAUGHTER DEALERS 
In an Original, Versatile Comedy Creation 
Intmdacing , 

‘‘The Lady of the Falls” 

In a Long Train Evening Gown 

Opened at Proctor’s 58th Street, September 12 

and we were more than satisfied with our reception 

THIS WEEK: 

First Half— Proctor’s 125th Street 

. Second H{df— Proctor’s 23rd Street 

For further particulars consult 

ROSE & CURTIS 



ad, doing nicely. Marguerite Farrell, carded 
second, reported her inability' to appear 
through throat trouble. One of the Lander Bros, 
tried to deputise with monolog, but was 
booed off. 7hen Norton and Nlcholaon were 
booed also. Angie Norton stopped In the mld- 
^e of the apt to Inform the patrons It was 
hard to amuse In wpr time. Frankie Heath 
appeared fourth an4 quieted the assemblage, 
doing quife well. "Somewhere I 4 France" 
was Well received. Lander Brothers In their 
regular act found favor. Bowers' Revue 
closed.-! Manager White secured an act from 
the Palace to replace Miss Farrell Tuesday. 

ORESCENT (Walter Kattman, mgr.). — 
Barlow and Hurst gathered first half en*' 
comiums. Arthur Rfgby was another to score 
largely. Williams Sisters started proceed- 
ings brightly, O’Brien, Havel and Valeska 
had easy soling. Lockbard and Laddie, ap- 
pearing lau, were liked Immensely. 

PALACE (S^^ Myers, ingr.)^ — Brierre and 
King, refreshingly youthful and appealing. 
Tossing Austins; registered. Frazer, Bqncs 
and Harding, impressed. Carl Rosinl, ' clos- 
ing, held the audience. 

TDLANB (T. C. Campbell, mgr.). — Thedal 
Bara in. "Salome," film. 

STRAND (Foster Olroyd, mgr.).— Mary 
Plckford In "Johanna Enlists," film. 

Rube Welch Is framing a show composed of 
his wife, Kitty Fr.pnols, and five acts, to tour 
the southern qpe-sjgbtsrs and cantonments. 

"Wfltch Your Step" comes to the Tulane 
next week. The show bps been doing a phe- 
nomenal; lousiness In ' the south. 

Paradoxical as It may seem, the theatres 
that remained open here all summer did a 
larger bualness during the heated term than 
was accorded during thp winter months, 

PHIlimPHlA. 

By JUVENILE. 

KEITH’S (H. T. Jordan, mgr.).— One of 
the best dramatics sketphes ever presented In 
I vaudeville, surrounded by plenty of comedy 
and singing, furnished fine entertainment for 
a capacity audience Monday afternoon. This 
house bos a tremendous Jewish patronage, 
and thpra was a complete sell-out long before 
it w^' time to open the doors. A holiday 
audience Is always surefire for the artists and 
the show went tbrougb with a bang from start 
to finish, but in this case all the aefs deserved 
all they received. Hobart Bosworth and his 
• splendid ceimpo-ny In . the -Tack Ijondon tluslllpr, . 
"The Sea Wolf," held the headline position 
right up to the topnotcb mark. Vaudeville 
can stand for anything after watching Bos- 
worth put thin bit of dramatic acting over. 
There Isn't anything stronger In 'the two-a- 
day, and it held Monday’s audience thrilled 
from the time the motlpn pictures, used as 
an introductory, started until Mr. Bosworth 
and his funny-looking dog took soma extra 



bows. The sketch Is unusually well played 
for a dramatic playlet and adequate stage 
setting makes it more convincing. Bob Hall, 
an extemporaneous monologlst, followed the 
Bosworth play and made up a song on the 
most striking situations. It was clever work 
Md gave Hall a great start with the Imuse. 
Ha sang about people in the audience and 
then made up songs on subjects called by the 
patrons. It Is likely he has one or two plants 
to give him a start, but they are so well 
covered that few get wise and there Is enough 
original matter used to make bis act a genu- 
ine novelty that scored one of the biggest 
hits of the bill. The Three Bobs opened the 
show with their speedy club Juggling and 
comedy, doing especially well In the spot and 
getting a good hand for their work, A pleas- 
ing little singing and talking vklt by Buzzell 
and Parker followed and then came the Wer- 
ner-Amoros Co., with their varied act. The 
instrumental music helped considerably and 
the trio drew down a liberal amount of ap- 
plause. The unmasking of the female Im- 
personator created more surprise than ex- 
pected, and won the violinist an extra encore, 
dragging the act out a bit too long. Keller 
Mack and Anna Earl did very nicely with 
their singing and comedy skit. This Is a re- 
turn date for this couple apd they were given 
a warm welcome. Miss Earl Is an earnest 
worker, had developed Into quite a useful foil 
for Mack’s droll style of comedy and the' act 
, Is a good laugh winner for any bill. Joe Par- 
sons and Dave Irwin have a novel way of Ih- 
trodqcing their singing turn, opening In full 
stage and startlp their act like a dramatic 
playlet. A note Is handed them In which the 
manager says he Is tired of their acting and 
'*''hnts something else. One suggests singing 
and here the boys prove the manager knew 
what qa was talking about, for they can sing. 
It s a nice little Idea and all Parsons and Ir- 
win need is to get some new songs and they 
■jvlll fit In as a hit anywhere good singing is 
enjoyed. J. C. Mack and Co., with a real olu 
hokum act called "Mother’s Boy” rocked the 
holiday audience In their seats. Mack Is the 
whole act, using two others as feeders. He 
dresses in eccentric make-up; appearing as a 
wrinkled old woman, and his method of hand- 
ling hla comedy talk Is a sure laugh-getter. 
Mack has been playing moet of the small 
time around hero and this Is his first appear- 
ance In Keitn's since he was a member of 
the Monroe, Mack and Lawrence act, but 
there Is nq question about his ability to make 
any audiepce laugh. Mons, Adolphua and Co. 
closed the hill with a 'very pretty dancing 
turn... Being -a -HJiBSIan act, It held, the- audi- 
ence better than most of the closing acts seen 
here end won a lot of applause. ' 

OPI.ONIAL (H. A. Smith, mgr.).— First 
half — Billy Bouncer's Circus ; Hamilton & 
Barnes : Eddie & Ramsey In "Charlie’s Visit” : 
F. Barrett Carman ; Whirling Brunettes and 
the film feature, "How Could You, Jean?" 
Last half— O’Malley ; Doris Dale; Vernon- 













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El Cota may not be the world’s greatest 
Jcylophbhe player, as he Is billed by the 
Proctor press departmtot, but he cer- 
tainly ranks very close to that particular 
spot on the ladder of fanae. 

On a bilf ThursdaSr tif^t, Ifi Which 
musical offerings predominated, El Cota 
ranked with the best, and received the 
lion’s share of applause, He gave a vari- 
ety Of saiectiobS, ranging from.OlaSklOal 
to ragtime, mixing sufficient grotesque 
movements to keep the audience laugh- 
ing as well as entertained. 

Dainty 3’e’an. SotheAi, . the photdslay 
favorite, aUd Claire Vincent, a Broadway 
Star appearing wHh Frank H. Gardner 
and company In “No Trei^fiasslng,” a 
comedy, divided honors for second place 
on the program. 



Hurl Falls ; Three Sterling Sisters ; Oriental 
Quartette and pictures. 

ALLHGHEWY (Joseph Cohen, nigr.).— ‘"fhe 
Lincoln Highwayman” ; Bud Snyder & Co. ; 
Greenlee & ’Williams ; Leo Zarell Troupe j 
Henry Henlere and the film feature, “The 
Still Alarm." 

NIXON (E. Perry, mgr.).— Blly Klnkalde; 
Lewis & Norton ; . “Come Across" ; Mullen & 
Coogaif; Pour Valdares; film feature, "When 
I Come Back to You." 

NIXON’S GRAND OPERA HOUSE (W. D. 
Wegefarth, mgr.). — Kaufmann Bros.; Stan 
Stanley & Co. ; James O’Brien and the South- 
ern Girls ; Regina Connelll & Ruby Craven In 
“Moondbwn”; Carl Emmy’s Pets; Martelle 
and the film feature Is “A Fight tor Mil- 
lions." 

GLOBE (Sahloskey & McGuirk, mgrs.). — 
“Pardon Me,” a musical comedy ; Maurice 
Samuels & Co. In “A Day at Ellis Island”; 
"Violets,” a musical comedy ; Jack Marley ; 
Frankie Fay and Jazz Boyis; Picola Midgets; 
White Steppers and pictures. 

WILLIAM PENN (0. W. Metzel, mgr.). — 
First half — “Bon Sons,” a musical comedy; 
Bowers, Walters & Croker; Jonny Jones and 
■ Marlon Greenlee In “What Did You Do”; 
Belle Sisters 'and the film feature, Marlon 
Davies in “Cecelia of the Pink Roses." Last 
half — Mills & Lockwood In “Nature’s Noble- 
nhm," with four other acts and the film fea- 
ture, “The Death Dance.” 

KEYSTONE (M. 'W. Taylor, mgr.) .-^James 
R. -Frazer & Co. lU “Yucatan”: Mr. and Mrs. 
Sydney Payne In “The Drudge”; A1 Tyler; 
Sidney ft Townley; Three Kashner ^irls ; Ed- 
die Montrose and motion pictures. 

BROADWAY (Chas. Shlsler, mgr.) .—First 
half — "The Bonfire of Old Einplres” ; Eugene 
Emmett ; Musical Lunds ; motlbn pictures. 
Last half — A. Seymour Brown ft Co. in “Where 
There’s a Will- There’s a Way” ; four other 
acts and pictures. 

CROSS KEYS (Sahloskey ft McGuirk, mgrs.). 
— A. Seymour Brown in “Where There’s a 
Will There’s a Way” ; Ross & Cook ; Dadula 
ft De Nolr ;lHanlon & Clifton and motion pic- 
tures. 

Charlotte Walker and members of the 
“Nancy Lee” company gave a benefit per- 
formance at the Garrick on Thursday of thhs 
week in aid of the Overseas Tobacco Fund. 



The future of the old Walnut Street Theatre 
is still In doubt. It was advertised to open 
this week with a popular attraction booked 
and Charles C. Wanamaker and Thomas 
Dougherty, who are associated with G. (J. 
Nixon-Nlrdllnger, are roporthd to have taken 
over the house which was advertised for pub- 
lic sale. 

Joe Hortiz will rejoin Dumont’s Minstrels 
the week of Sept, 30. He will be featured and 
will offer some new songs and sketches. 

Jones and Sylvester are playing at the 
Broadway this week. They play the Globe 
next week and then Start for tte Coast, where 

I HARK! 








Riot of Music and Comedy 



This Week, Sept. 16 

First Hdf, Proetbr’s Sfiih St 
Last Half, Proctor’s, Yoilkers, N. Y. 



RepreBeritative 

PRANK DONNELEf 

r- . 

Personal 

PRANKIE WOLF, G P. O.,U« 



they whl inspect Aubrey ■Prlhgle's HfiW (SSfe 
at 'Venice, Cal. 

PROi^NCE 

BY KARL K. KLABK. , 

SHHBERT MAJESTIC (Col. Felix R. Wen- 
dteschaefer, mgr.). — “Miss, I Don’t Know,’’, 
with Indications of a good week. Good house 
' opening night. 

OPERA HOUSE, (Col. Felix R. Wendle- 
schaefer, mgr.). — “Mrs, Wiggins of the Cabbage 
Patch." Frederick Forrest In cast. This kind 
of play Is evidently being .tried by the house 
as an experiment. . The Emery last season 
tried this sort and failed to win out. Fifty 
cents top matinees and $1 nights. 

KEITH’S (Charles Lovenberg, mgr.). — The 
opening of the vaudeville at Keith’s is an an- 
nual local event. Heading the opening bill Is 
Hermaine Shone . In “The Best Sellerk',’’ liked, 
Mme. Burnell, Private liOUis Hart (British 
Army) and Co., Bessie .Browning (former part- 
ner Jack Denny is overseas), appears alone to 
good advantage; Juliet, Green and Parker, Eddl 
and Edith AdUlr, Tlid and Ward, Evelyn Dolly, 

PiCtUl*GS» * 

EMERY (Martin R. Toohey, mgr.).— Jack 
and Tommy Wler, Walter Nealand and Co., 
Lorrada’s Models, Galvin and Thornton, Reed 
and Whiting. Last half, Capt. Barnett and 
Son, The Two Donals, Flo and OlUe Walters, 

L0^6&UZ 

FAY’S (Edward M. E’ay, mgr.). — "Western 
Days,” Spencer and Holden, Curran and SWor, 
Horan and Bascon, Joe Berttni, "Gay Paris- 
ians,” pictures, 

COLONIAL (Robert J. McDoifnid, mgr.).— 
Harry Hastings "Big Show” mdde a good 
start. A fairly good show find Sp’eclaltles 
proved a treat, 

SCENIC (Pawtucket).— First halt, Lydia 
Barry, Whiteside Sisters, Mabel Fofida Trio, 
Johnston and Cane. Last half, “Hands Afiross 
the Sea,” Dale and Boyle, Reynolds and White. 

BIJOU (Woonsocket).— Flrt hklf, "Hands 
Across the Sea,” Reynolds And White, Louise 
Huff. Last half, Lydia Barry, the Whiteside 
Sisters, Mabel Fonda Trio. 

Billy Lynn, a Providence boy and graduate 
of Brown, here last summer with the Lyric 
Musical Comedy Company, Is In "Miss, I 
Don’t Know” at the Sbubert Majestic this week, 



Billy Sunday opens his campaign In this city 
Sunday. The big tabernacle was dedicated last 
Sunday with thousands in attendance. As yet 
none of the lUanagers has annoubced any cut 
in prices during Billy’s stay here. 

Sailor Jim V^lte, strong man of the navy, 
was an added attraction at Fay's last week In 
the Interest of the "Our Boys In France" To- 
bacco Fund. During the week Fay’s audiences 
confributed a total of $1,150.70 to the fund US 
the result of White's act and bis appeal for 
smokes for the boys over there. 

idmp, Jacob P. Adler and her company were 
here Monday In "Mothers of the World" at In- 



fh'tfry Hall Wefdre a full Udui^ of Ideal Je#- r 
Ish people. The play bra's ilHIiiddieh •Ond de- 
clared to have been the fineit been In this Olty 
fOr some tlMe. 

Floyd Gibbons, ObieagO tribune War cOffe- 
spofUdettt, appeared sit the Shubert hfajestlo 
here last Sunday, speaklfa'g to eiUhll audiences 
both in the afternoon and evening. He ap- 
peared under the aU'S'iMOes Of the Ffoviaence 
Journal and In. the interests Of thfe "Our Boys 
in France” Tobacdo Fund. 

MoIIIe Williams and her company At the 
COtonlhl rust week broke thb season’s records 
to date. 

PkUl N. Derilsh, of Bast Providence, formerly 
in Vaudurflle, has been made song instructor 
at Fort Wetherill, at Newport, .'according to an 
announcement received here this week. The, 
young rtia'n Is a member Of the 2lst C. A. Band. 

In coti'rt last wOelr the Providence Theatre 
Co. pleaded guilty to a charge of .employing, 
as an usher, a girl under 16 years of Oge, Aug, 
SO, and was fined $20 and costs, the complaint 
was made by Chief Factory Inspector J. Ellery 
Hudson. 

Robert J. McDonald, formerly mainager of a 
house at Holyoke, Mass., has been named man- 
ager of the Colonial (burlesque) here. He has 
already assunied his duties. 

■Pheatres In Rhode Island Which have per- 
mitted ^Unole Sam’s Four-Minute men to speak 
from thelV stages were presented with certi- 
chtes Monday nlghp Ip apprOOiation of the 
national service rendered. PfovldenCO theatres 
Which received the certificates are Shuhert 
Majestic, Keith’s, Operh House, Colonial, Fay’s. 
Emery, Strand, Casino, Empire, Gaiety and 
Bijou. 

"Experience," which has played this city 
several times. Is booked at the Sbubert Majes- 
flb tor anothei’ return engagement, Week open- 
ing Sept. 23. 

According to hll repoflS Blanoho Bates and 
Holbrook Blinn In “Getting Together” Were 
not the success here last week It was antici- 
pated they would be. , 



, FAMILY (John R. H. FennyvesseSt, ’«»#.).— 
"The Allies Patriotic Rovue,” Th^, AlVnfet'* 
tas, Romaln and Moreno, Charles Bebnah, Du- 
tell aild COvey, Bail Brothers and CO„ Qrecnot 
and Tina, Amy Gray and Co„ Musical Zanos, 
VICTORIA (John J. Fariron, mgr.).— Polllos 
Do Vogue, top vaudeville; screen (oatureOi 
Virginia Pharson In "Cmeen bf HettM” ana 
Alnja, Reubens In "The Ghost Flower." 



Irene Castle ih ’’Stranded In Arcady," second 
half. ^ 

REQ^T (WllHaft A. Cailhan, mgr.),=sQor- 
aldine Farrar in ‘"Th'o turn of, the Wheel,’’ 
first half ; Madge Kennedy and Tom Mddi'd In 
“The Kingdom of Youth," hecond half. 

When Mabio Wilbur ylayed here in ‘'Hof 
ReglmenF^ last Week she bid the privilege 
of nestling right down In her own home end 
her own roOm. Rochester has heon Miss Wil- 
bur’s borne during her successful years on the 
stage and although ebe kas yiSlted here manY 
times privately, her professional vlslta havd 
been few. 

George I. Matthews, apeolal representative of 
Veribest Pictures, has been in town promoting 
"A Mormon Maid,” in oonneotlon with the red- 
hot aitl-Mormon crusade which is now under 
way (hroughout this section. Mr. Matthews 
planbid coluninB of copy In the local papera; 
addressed the ministers and antl-Mormons and 
In other ways made quite a furore with Mb' 
picture. . 

Thomas Martel], capthln^^df the local Pro- 
tectives, and assistant to EdgAr F. Edwards, 
secretary and manager of the Rochester Ex- 
position AsBoblatlon. has resigned to accept a 
position with the Commlkslon on Training 
Camp Activities. He Will be detailed aa an 
assistant to the director of the division of Lib- 
erty theaters. 



Movette, Ino„ a loeat con<»rn, shot some pic- 
tures during the horse show with Its miniature 
outfit. Theko Were AhbWn An a thrOe-foot 
screen in a paVlor of a doWh toWh hotel the 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

By L. B. SlKBPFINGTdN. 

LYCEUM (W. R. Corrls, mgr.).— First half 
of week “Seven Days’ Leave” ; second half, 
George Arliss In “Hamilton.” 

TEMPLE (J. H. Finn, mgr.).— Lambert and 
Ball, Doree’s Imperial -Quintet, MBo? Alfred 
Latell, John R. Gordon and Co., Ethel Hop- 
kins, Kane, Morey and Moore, Rose and Moon. 

FAY’S (\V. Sarr, mgr.).-^Tozegam Arabs, 
Musical Tweeds, Harlan Sisters, Morgan and 
Ayres, Joe Brennah. Halson and Moran, Twedo 
Dan In “All Fur Her.” 

GAYETY (J. Yale, mgr.).— “The Boston- 
ians.” 



other night. The pictures are very good and 
the whole thing was designed to show that 
movies may be tokeU as pastime and for pri- 
vate family pttrtiases. HoWevOr, oWlhg to -the 
cost. It is not supposed that home-spun movies 
shown In the home will displace the theatres 
tor some time yet. 

Tom Brown, one 'of the famous "Sit Brown 
Brothers,” Whose saxophOno (>Iaylng Is known 
In every home that bohsts a phondgraph, passed 
through Rochester early this week with a 
party of friends, on their Why West. The 
party consisted df his cemposer, Ernie Erd- 
mann ; two of his brothers, Harry and Aloe, 
and .Tosepb A. Eckol. Mr. Eckel IS a New 
York booking agent, through whom the local 
Victor!^ gets its vaudovlUo. The Thespians 
stopped in Rochester OVer Sunday afid Monday 
as the guests of Manager Jack FarrcA, of the 



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Victoria. When they left Jack accompanied 
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Brown Brothers established a unique record 
when they played a continuous engagement at 
one theatre, the Globe, New York, for four 
years. Their playing was the feature of Fred 
Stone’s "The Jack-O-Lantern,’’ They are on 
their way to Chicago to open a six' months’ en- 
gagement with Stone’s new play. 

The recent order establishing a dry zone in 
down town Rochester, taking in ail of the 
local theatres and large hotels, on account of 
the fact that army training schools are situated 
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SYRACUSE, N. Y. 



BY CHESTER B. BAHN. 

EMPIRE (M. E. Wolff,- mgr.-; Francis P. 
Martin, fep.).— 16-18, George Arllss In "Ham- 
ilton.’’ Mr. Arllss adds another distinctive 
characterization to historic stage portraiture 
ns Hamilton. Emmett C. King and Hardee C. 
King are constantly in the picture as Jeffer- 
son and Monroe, respectively. Corallnn Walde, 
late of the Knickerbocker Players stock at the 
Empire, does an effective bit -as the siren who 
seeks to entrap Hamilton. Business good. 
Thursday, dark. Friday and Saturday, Lou 
Tellegen in "Blind Youth.’’ Good advance sale. 

WIETING (James Barnes, mgr.).— All week, 
"Parlor, Bedroom and Bath.’’ The comedy Is 
not, as the posters used here delicately sug- 
gest, principally bedroom and hath, but ex- 
clusively parlor. The cast Is of the usual road 
calibre. Rain, to some extent, cut the first 
night audience, while the strong opposition at 
the Empire also made Its effect felt. Next 
Monday, Floyd Gibbons, war correspondent. 

BASTABLB (Stephen Bastable, mgr.), — First 
half, burlesque, "Hip, Hip, Hooray Girls.’’ 
Show better than the average. Snappy com- 
edy, good music and plenty of It, with elaborate 
costumes and scenic effects, and a lively 
chorus, Ono of the features again this season 
are the six diving girls. Fine business. Last 
half, “Mutt and Jeff.’’ 
tEmplb (Albert A. Van Auken, mgr.). — 
First half, top notch bill with Louis Brocade’s 
qlnglng novelty capturing applause honors. 
Kilkenny Trio, close second. Harmony Kings, 
well to the front. Clayton and Lennle, "On 
the Boulevard," scored hit. Red and Blondy 
better than usual, opener Bums and Ardine, 
singing and dancing, kept the first night au- 
dience In until the final curtain. • 

CRESCENT (William Brown, mgr.). — First 
half. Melodious skit offered by the Novelty 
Minstrels, headlined and deserves the place 
Allman and Nevlns, good. Wood and Helt, 
likewise good. Petroffs, painting fiends, better 
than ordinary act of similar line. Cooper and 
Lacy, mostly dance, and three girls In a series 
of songs round out the program. 

The Fort Ontario Players, organized fmm 
the dramatic talent In the Army Medical De- 
partment detachments stationed at Fort On- 
tario, produced "Carry On” and three other 
plays at the Richardson, Oswego, 
N; T., Sept. 17, following which the Players 
win appear in Syracuse and other cities. Ed- 
ward Goodman, founder of the Washington 
Square Players, and now a private at Fort 
Ontario, Is directing the productions. 

The Colonial, Utica, Is now open for the 
season, Sid Allen Is manager of the house, 
while Harry J. McCormick Is orchestra leader. 
Vaudeville and pictures. 

George H. Bubb, formerly manager of the 
Lycoming Opera House at Williamsport, Pa., 
has been named manager of the Mozart at 
Elmira. 

TORONTO. 

ALEXANDRA (L. Solman, mgr.), 
n Warmer.” Next, “Rock-a-Bye 

Baby." • ■' 

NEW PRINCESS (0. B. Sheppard, mgr.).— 
Have a Heart.” Next, "Hltchy Koo," with 
Raymond Hitchcock. 

GRAND (A. .T. Small, mgr.). — "The Mar- 
rliiKf Question." Next, "Daddy Long Less” 
SHEA’S ( J. Shea, mgr,).— The Burr Twins, 
Arnaut Rrothers, Harry Hines, Jane Court- 
liope & Co., Bennett Sisters, Clara Howard 
lolcon Sisters, Madison Winche ster. 

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LOEW’S (J. Bernstein, mgr.). — "(Jaharet de 
Luxe," Buddy Walker, The Jespers, H. Guy 
Woodward & Co., Conrad & Goodwin, Chas. 
Q. Lawlor Co„ Special M. P.. Wm. S. Hart 
In "Riddle Oawn’’. Special M. P., "The Geezer 
of Berlin.!’ 

SHEA’S HIPPODROME (A. G. McArdle, 
mgr.).— 14, Prlzyama Japanese 4, Arthur La- 
vine & Cd., Quinn & De Rex, Australian, Stan 
Stanley. Special M. P., “The Eyes of Julia 
Deep," with Miss Mary Miles Mlnter. Jesse 
Parker & Co., Harry & Edith West 
STAR (Dan T. Pierce, mgr.).- "Midnight 
Maidens." Next, "Oriental Burlesquers." 

GAYETY (T. W. Busey, mgr.). — '"rho Best 
Show In Town." Next, "Golden <3rook." 

ALLEN (J. fi J. J. Allen, mgrs.). — "Till I 
Come Back to You,” with Bryant Washburn, 
moving picture. Hartley. 

VANCOUVER, B. C. 

BY H. P. NEWBERRY. 

EMPRESS (Geo. B. Howard, mgr.). — 8, for 
their second play the Empress Stock had "The 
Brat," with Margaret Marriott In the lead. 
Next "The ’Thirteenth Chair," featuring Edythe 
Elliott. Business very good. 

AVENUE (Vlo Scott mgr.).— Dark. 

ROYAL (Chas. B. Royal, mgr.).— 9, Hippo- 
drome vaudeville ti^ood houses. First half. 
Harmony Maids, Loffilon Kim, four other acts 
and feature film. Second half, Paul Kelst Co. 
in sketch, five other acts and feature photo- 
play. 

ORPHEUM (Jas. Filling, mgr.). — ^9, Julius 
Fannen and Wilbur Mack (assisted by Gladys 
Lockwood) In "A Pair of Tickets,” two head- 
line acts "Creole Fashion Plate," very good. 

■ Albert Vertchamp, excellent. Fisher and How- 
ley, In favor. Mellette Sisters, popular. Heros 
and Preston, well liked. Capacity houses, 
PANTAGES (Geo. B. Pantages, mgr.). — "He’s 
A Devil" fops bill, “Red Pox Trot” Wheeler 
and Potter, ’The Norvelles, Miller Packer and 
Selz. Business excellent. 

Ray Collins, loading man at the Empress, 
recently figured In a fight when he was forced 
to prevent the stealing of his car, which had 
been left standing outside the theatre. 

The management of the Avenue has not an- 
nounced the coming list of attractions. Last 
season the house played legitimate shows. 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 

^ BY HARDIE MEAKIN, 

KEITH’S (Roland S. Robbins, mgr.) 

Blanche Ring, went big; Herbert Clifton, fine; 
Joe ^ckson, usual hit: Frances Nordstrom 
and Win. PIckman In "All Wrong," laugh : 
Wilton Sisters did well ; “Crosby’s Comers ’’ 

Japanese, excei- 

lent, Olga and Mishka Co., good dancere. 

NATIONAL (William Fowler, mgr.).— John 
Cort s new musical comedy, "Glorlanna.” with 
an exceptionally good cast, opened Monday 
night, considerable Interest being shown In 
the production. 

PpLI’S (Q. T. Harris, mgr.).— Jane Cowl In 
Information Please," written by Miss Cowl 
and Jane Murfln, excellent cast, headed by 
Orme Caldara, Alan Brooks and Blanche 
Turka. 

COSMOS (B. Brylawskl, mgr.).— The (Hildea 
Hattie KItchner : Marva Rhen, as- 
sisted by Bertie Fitch; Jenks and Allen - Al- 
bert Cardo and Rae Noel ; Bartello and Broth- 
er; Howard Langford; Joe Farrell: Taylor 
Trio. ’ 

Ro°undem” “BT.).-"Merry 

Thomasheshy, mgr.).— *'Auto 
Girls, featuring a Washington girl, Carol 
btierwood. 

LOEW’S COLUMBIA (Lawrence Beatus, 
mgr.). --Marguerite Clark In "Oat of a Clear 
’ first half : Ethel Clayton In "The Girl 
^0 Carte Back,” with Patty Arbucklo In 
The Cook as an added feature, second half. 

.Miip Folly Is oflcrlbg "Stranded on the Mexi- 
can Border.” 

Practically every member of the police force 
were the guests of Lawrence Beatus. manager 
of Loew 8 Columbia, Sunday morning, when 
the Government film, “Pit to Fight," was 
especially shown for the capital’s protectors. 
Gen. William C. Gorgas, head of the Medical 
Department of the Army, with Colonel Wll- 
llnm F. Snow made short addresses, as also did 
Major Pullman, Washington’s youthful Chief 
of Police. The film, "Fit to Fight,” will be 
shown In every camp and cantonment in the 
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NEWS OF THE FILM WORLD 



Mary MacLaren (Universal) has received a 
commission In the United States Navy. 

' "The Road to France,” a World feature, 
will be released Oct. 14. W 

Another war “special” has beeh made by 
the Metro, "Wilson and the Kaiser," which 
will be released in October. 

, Franklyn Farnum Is back with the U, but 
not engaged In any starring , subjects, but 
working with some of the feminine stars. 

^ Harry Dull Is now attached to the Ameri- 
can Red Cross film division, located In New 
York for the present 

Julia Dean, who la playing In "The Woman 
on the Index," has signed a contract to appear 
In a film by Abraham S. Schemer. 

Clara Kimball Young’s present feature,' 
"Through the Dark” Is expected to be ready for 
the screen Oct. 1. 

"The Border Raiders," a western, featuring 
George Larkin and Betty Compson, will be 
released by Pathe, Oct. 6. 

Geraldine Farrar’s second Goldwyn, en- 
titled "The Hell Cat,” will not be released 
until Nov. 11. 

The Plaza, Lowell, Mass., has been re- 
opened under the management of Joseph ■ 
Morency wllh pictures. 

United Pictures of America and General 
Films have entered into an agreement for co- 
operation In distribution. 

G.' G. Rich has been appointed to the posi- 
tion of branch manager of the Cincinnati 
exchange of Famous Players. 

• — I 

Charles Ray’s new Paramount picture, pro- 
duced under the supervision of Thomas H. 
Ince, will be released Sept. 29. 

"Her Country First” Is the next Paramount 
release with Vivian Martin starred. Sept. 22 
is date set. 

The first Paramount picture starring Dorothy 
Gish has been entitled “Battling Jane.” It 
will be released Oct. 6. 



The title of the Triangle vehicle for Rose- 
mary Thebe has been changed from "Out of 
Western Seas” to "Love’s Pay Day.” It will 
be released the later end of September. ' 

The Western Photoplays, Inc., new epi- 
sode serial, "Wolves of Kultur,” with Leah 
Baird and Sheldon. Lewis In the leading roles, 
will be released through Pathe, Oct. 18. 

The second of a series , of patriotic Perret 
productions, has been named "Stars of Glory," 
and will be a successor to “Lafayette, We 
Come,” now being released by the Affiliated. 

Ted Miller, managing the Pittsburgh office 
of the Select for the past six months, is in 
New York and will return to his first love — 
that of managing legitimate shows. 

Adele Blood left last week for Salt Lake 
City, where she Is to appear In a special serial 
picture being produced by the Adele Blood 
Pictures Corp. 

Nazlmova has Just finished "Bye for Bye,” 
which will be released the latter part of Oe- 
■ tober, and is now working on "The Red 
Lantern.” 

The Consolidated’ Film, Co., San Francisco, 
Marion Cohn, president, have secured the 
Hearst, International Film Service for the 
Northwest territory. 

Dougins Fairbanks will shortly film "Art-' 
zona” for Artcraft. It will be the second 
screen version of Augustus Thomas’ stage suc- 
cess. 

Work on the second of Dorothy Gish’s series 
of Paramount pictures began last week.. The 
title will be "The Hope Chest,” by Mark Lee 
Luther. 

Colin Campbell is to remain with the Uni- 
versal as a special director for some time to 
come, Campbell coming to the U from the 
Sellg Co. 

• _ r-.-, 

"Triumph of Transportation,” to be released 
by Pathe, Oct. 6, Is Inspired by the accom- 
plishments achieved hy the American Trans- 
port Service. 

“The Queen for a While,” a comedy drama 
by George Edwards Hall, will be first of a 
series of eight features which Harold J. Bln- 
ney Is producing, with Vangle Valentine as 
the star. 

. ... J. Stuart Blackton.’s... next,. Jeature .Je . to. . be . 
“The Battle Cry of Liberty.” The production 
will have for its basis a story written by 
Charles T. Dazey and the producer In collabo- 
ration. 

"A Woman of Impulses,” the new Para- 
piount starring Lina Cavalleri, is a plcturlza- 



tlon by Eve Unsell of the stage play of the 
same name. The picture will be released 
Sept. 29. 

The third U. S. official war picture to be 
issued by the Division of Films, Committee of 
Public Information, will be entitled “Under 
Four Flags.” It will be given its first publlo 
showing early In November. 

Harry H. Thomas has been engaged by the 
United Pictures Theatres of America as field 
marshal of the United’s activities In Long 
Island, Connecticut and New York as far north 
as Albany. 

L. J. Nyberg, of the W. H. Clifford Pictures 
Company, has decided to shelve all of his pic- 
ture activities until after the war. He will 
devote much of his time to the' military train- 
ing camp entertainment programs. 

At the regular meeting of the Associated 
Motion Picture Advertisers Thursday, the date 
for the banquet to be given under Its auspices 
In conjunction with the National Association 
of the M, F. Industry is to be set 

"Virtuous Wives,” the Owen Johnson story 
oMbat title which appeared in the Cosmopoli- 
Aan>has been chosen as the first picture sub- 
ject for Anita Stewart, with George Loane 
Tucker directing, “In pld Kentucky" Is re- 
ported as the second subject for Miss Stewart. 

Work on Doris Kenyon’s latest picture, to 
be produced by her own company. "Wild 
Honey,” was started this week under the direc- 
tion of Francis J. Grandon. The story has 
been adapted for the screen by Francis J. 
Grandon. 

In a decision establishing a precedent In 
the picture Industry the Federal Trade Com- 
mission, Sept, 16, ordered the Stanley Book- 
ing Corporation to desist from practices de- 
signed to force film producers and theatres to 
deal with each other through the corporation. 

Monte M. Katterjohn, staff author atLasky’s 
stndio. Is carrying out the most pretentious 
publicity campaign ever attempted by a writer. 
He is matching the advertising space of the 
Los Angeles theatres and the Artcraft, In the 
picture section of the Los Angeles "Herald.” 

''Mike Donlin has quit 'picture work for the 
present, having gone on the road with one 
of the "Turn to the Right” companies. Mike 
wrote a New York friend last week that he 
had registered for the new draft by signing 
his card at the American consulate in Mon- 
treal, where the show was playing last week. 

Herbert Rothchild and Bugene Roth, presi- 
dent and general manager respectively, of the 
California theatre, San Francisco, left for New 
York last week. They were accompanied by 
Mortimer Flelschacker, banker. The trip Is 
said to concern a deal invojving one of Ne’w 
York’s leading picture theatres, and a San 
Franclsoo house. 

'Stan Laurel, the British Charlie Chaplin, 
has signed a contract with the Rolin Film Co. 
(Pathe) for the production of a series of 
eight comedies. Mr. Laurel Is a slapstick 
comedian on the same style as the -American 
exponent of this type of comedy. The first 
release, “There’s No Place Like Jail,” Is 
scheduled for Oct. 6. 




EDITH LYLE 

In the leading feminine rotes, “.TOHNNY 
GET YOUR GUN” with Louis Bennlson and 
“THIS WAY OUT” with Frank Craven, has 
been F-nced- under - contract for- a- specist 
feature film production under the direction 
of George Foster Platt. 

Miss Lyle is now on the Const, where the 
work of finishing the production is rapidly 
nearing completion, and will return east early 
in October to appear in a new Broadway pro- 
duction on the speaking stage, ' 



IN THE MOVIES. 

By -WISLLINGTON CROSS. 

(WlUi “In Everything” as the Motif.) 

I’m as nutty as a squirrel . 

Since I tried the movie whirl. 

It keeps me jumping and humping all the day 
long. 

I wahta say it’s got me — 

I could never get a thrill 
Out of any job until 

I made this try — I think I’ll die — I’ll tell you 
why. 

CHORUS, 

I had to climb a cliff, or jump a lake, *n Every- 
thing, 

I had to smile no - matter how I ached, ’n 
Everything — 

And the files all gathered round. 

When my make-up face they found ; 

With Samson’s powers 

i juggled towers, with my hands, ’n Every- 
thing, 

I had to pose out In the boiling sun,’n Every- 
thing ; 

1 had to bean a villain with a gun, ’n Every- 
thing. 

I got on the job at 6 A. Mi ; 

Oh the life’s a perfect gem. 

Until you break a leg, an arm, a> neck, 'n 
Everything. 

I usta think that vaudeville 
Looked real good to me, until 
I met, a guy who said his game — was movie 
fame — 

I wanta say he got me. 

Then I left the Orpheum time. 

And took chances with my spine. 

And It’s all black and blue, I’m telling you, 

CHORUS. 

I had to grab a gat and get a guy 'n Every- 
thing ; 

I had to love and lure and leer and laugh, ’n 
Everything. 

I had to cop that. Chaplin step, 

I bad to have that Fairbanks pep, 

I worked for hours, got hit with showers 
Of pies, ’n Everything. 

I had to get that swagger Bushman style ’n 
Everything, 

I had to nab that Fatty Arbucklo smile ’n 
Everthing, - 

But if I make that movie stride 
You just watch my millions ride. 

I’m gonna buy a bunch of Bonds ’n Bulcks ’n 
Everything. 

__Apologles to AL JOLS ON.) 

Albert Capellanl is In Gloucester. Mask, di- 
recting the final scenes of "An Eye for An 
Eye,” the Metro feature starring Nazimova. 
Mr. Capellanl is said to secure his best re- 
sults by directing his star from beginning to 
end of the scene, not stopping for close-ups or 
flash-backs. These are taken at leisure. In 
this way, when once the star has become 
worked up to the desired pitch there 1s no 
chance for a let-down until the scene la 
finished. 

WUllam J. Clark, secretary and treasurer 
of the Affiliated Distributors Corporation, Is 
in New York, having come on from Grand 
Rapids to arrange the details In connection 
with the contract recently closed with th« 
Mutual, whereby the latter takes over the 
shipping contract and actual physical dis- 
tribution of the Affiliated production. Ho has 
also completed negotiations for the purchase 
of a number of productions to be released Im- 
mediately after "I.nfnyette, Wo Come.” 

"Private Peat,” one of the beet "sellers” of 
last year, has been filmed by the Famous 
Players-Lasky Corporation, with the author 
Harold R. Peat, in the title 
role. With the exception of a few slight 
changes, such as substituting an American 
setting for the original Canadian scenes, the 
text of the book will be closely adhered to. 
The picture, made at the Fort Lee studios of 
the prMucIng firm, was directed by Edward 
. .V’® fs'shse date has been set for carl* 

in uctoDer. 

RATS’ INSTIGATION. 

(Continued from page 0.) 

^ first $500 back, 

Am pretty sure I had.” ' ^ 

j^^^-”®hPtnsky : "Ybu paid your five per cent. 
A. ‘"Yes.’’ 

Q. "Did you ever see a report on how the 
Boston fund was expended?” 

thing I saw was in the trade 
“PUyor ”) printed lists as made in the. 

Q. "Was any statement made in the meet- 
ings on the expenditure of the levy fund''” 

A. "Only a casual mention of items.” 

1 know there was a Joint account 

in the Greenwich Bank?” 

A. "No.” 

Mountford took tho chair, Mr. Myers asking 
several questions. Referring to tho check 
Fitzpatrick cashed for Pollock, ho asked: 

Q. “Was that chock on your bank?" 

A. “Yes.” 

Q. “The Rats had no account in your bank?” 
A. “No.” 

The matter of tho ball cases was again gone 
into and it developed that there were two 
women arrested on two different oceasloiia, 
necessitating placing $1,000 ns hail twice. 

• Mr. Sairi lisky ; u; “Thu iwb c'h cckH you tiiim - 

tloned last week were cashed hy iritzpatrlck 
and the money given to Pollock?” 

A. "Yes. Ho wanted cash, as ho had loaned 
mo cash.” 

Q. “When were tho women balled out. 'Was 
It day or night?” 

A. “It was midnight.” 



Q. "In both cases you had $500 with you?” 
A. "Yea, more than that.” 

Q. “Why didn’t the Rats give Pollock the 
cash?” 

A. “They had no money.” 

Q. ”How about tho account In the Green- 
wich?” 

Mountford looked over the transcript of the 
Greenwich account. Ho said that on that 
date there was only a balance of $273 and 
“not .$10,000, as some of tho papers had been 
careful to state last ■week.” However, fur- 
ther perusal of tho transcript led to a different 
conclusion, and Mr. Sapinsky Immediately 
asked : 

Q. "I notice that on tho 15th of March there 
was a deposit of $,500 and on March 16 there 
was a withdrawal of $!300 ; was that tho ball 
money furnished?” 

A. "No. sir.” 

Mr. Myers : "Kindly explain the $808 cbeck 
drawn for Mr. Myers?” 

A. "There were judgments in the city courts 
against us and counsel told us to settle.” 

Mr. Sapinsky ; "And that same amount was 
deposited by the Rats to your account?” 

A. "Yes.” 

At this point the Referee asked It all the 
testimony was in. It was agreed that It was. 
Thereupon, Mountford asked tho co,urt If ho 
could not make his enlightening statement. Ho 
first asked that Mr. Sapinsky place in evidence 
the transcript of his (Mountfqrd’s) bank ac- 
count, which ho could not understand bow 
the attorney procured. 

Mountford proceeded to question himself, 
going over points which be made in his answer 
to the Pemberton petition and drawing from 
Mr. Sapinsky tho venture that "It Is foolish.” 
The Referee, however, permitted the witness 
to talk at length, although be did say at one 
point that he had allowed him (Mountford) 
enough soap boxes already. 

Mr. Mountford : 

Q. "Mr. Mountford, tell us what you know 
about the Pemberton case?” - 
Objected to by Mr. Sapinsky as Incompetent 
Mr. Mountford ; , 

"Tho statement was made at last bearmft 
that I had thousands of dollars on deposit. I 
wish to say there was never more than $1,500 
on balance at any time. Mr. Mountford, have 
you anv other hank account?” 

A. "No.” 

Q. "Mr, Mountford, did yon over take any 
money of tho Rats, and directly or Indirectly 
applv It to your own .use?” . 

A. "No.” 

Q. “Do you rememher that Mr. Gooke testi- 
fied that mnmhcrs were told that they ■were 
buying first mortgage bonds, hut that they got 
. second mortgage bonds. Is that correct?” 

A. "No.” 

Mountford then explained he had written to 
R. V. Alexander, a Lancaster lawyer, putting 
to the attorney some 18 questions which ho 
had In tynewrUten form. Alexander was ft 
momhor of the T.nnenster and Chemung entor- 
prlspB, The nuestlons nnd anawera caused, a 
dlscuaslon between Mr. Sapinsky and the Ref- 
eree as the proeoduro. where an absent wit- 
ness was introdueod. althoueh that witness 
conld not he produced for cross exominatlorf. 
Mr, Schuldenfrel said it was an irregular pro- 
ceeding. 

Mountford said fhe questions were to show 
that when he loft, the Rats tho Lanoaster prop- 
erty was nBowed to go to rack nnd rnin. and 
he nlso said all tho ptnnlnyees were afterwards 
token over hy tho Keith interests there, whoso ^ 
theatre was Itist emerging from a renelvershlo; 
The name of Dennis O'Brien was mehtlnncd 
several times, the purpose being that he had 
advised on the steps taken In the Lnnenster 
deal. Before leaving the "nuo.stlonnalre” there 
was mention of n certified ' cheek for $5(10, 
supposed to have been given Cooke and sup- 
posed not to have been received In the Rats* 
office. 

Mountford continued quostlonlng himself: 

Q. "Mr. Mountford, tell us the facts as you 
known them about the burglaryT" 

A. "T had a letter from one McTnerny to 
meet him and we went upstairs." Mountford 
here showed a statement from McTnerny, a 
burlesque actor. There was a dlscusBlon as 
to tho probative value of tho affidavit, which 
was uaslgned. That v;as beenuso the original 
was In Washington, in possession of the Fed- 
eral Trades CoramiBslon, Mountford said. Wit- 
ness continuing : 

“Wo went up to tho Rats’ offleo. Boxes and 
desks were broken open. I went to ray desk 
to see If there wore some small note books, 

I had about 100 small iioto bonks in French 
cipher, giving the names of persons who wore 
enemies of the Rats nnd things they had 
done.” He said the immos of tho persons who 
committed the robbery were known and ■who 
paid them. He also said that regarding the 
Pomhertori action there woro verbatim reports 
of a secret meeting taken from documents 
which were stolen from tho ofllce. Tho Referoo 
llnally came to the conclusion that If the wit- 
ness was to go through tho entire moving 
papers In tlio case there could bo no help to 
the proceedings. 

Mountford again switched, asking hlrascJf 
as to tho conOltlon of the Hats' treasury when 
he left and after he returned. He said tho 
Rats owed $‘2(KI,(K)0 when ho returned, hut that 
when the fliiiHh came thcro was but $12"i owing, 
not counting ii disputed claim from O'Brien, 
Malevnlsky & Drlseoli. At tho very same time 
ho stated that during his return nmimgenient 
.$11i."i,O0(l was paid off, hut did not explain how 
the dllTeri-nce was disposed of. 

[{(> theii said the personal account In tho 
Greenwich Bank was orioned bceausi! there had 
heen a "leak” In tho .Mutual Bunk, In which 
InsITI 111 rdh '■Messrs. KeillV ar!lf'''/Uheuf'woffr'de-''' 
positors. Tho Greenwich nccmiiit was opciind 
on advice ■ of cminsel, he nvorred. Although 
o.xhlhldng more nervousness than Is wont, 
Mountford aitponrod to have rocovorod from 
Ills aerial exours|on of the iirrH’odlug ses.slon 
and would have talked Indcdlnllely had It beon 
permitted. 








UPTON'S RIALTO. 



Br JBSSe: wbib. 

Camp Upton, L. I., Sept. 16. 
George H.. Sammls’ Taudevllle road show 
was the attraction the first three days ot this 
week, and pleased. He carried eight acts. 
All went over big. It was a well balanced 
bill, lust what the camp audiences want. 

The last three days of the week Manager 
George Hi Mller rented the theatre to the 
Third Development Battalion, who put on a 
vaudeville show for their own benefit. 

"The Love Mill,” a musical comedy, opened 
hare Sunday for a four-day engagement. Cast 
and production were very good and the big 
house that greeted it here on the opening 
night was pleased. * 

' There Is to be another change of managers 
at the Buffalo Theatre. Sol .KlarHerg, the 
present manager, is to go to Camp Pike, with 
Charles Bally to replace him. This makes 
the fourth manager at that theatre in the past 
. four months. 

.Arthur HIrsch and Joe Rosenthal are to Join 
a Scotch' regiment in ten days. They always 
did like "Scotch.” 

Yapitank Ravings. 

After you are called In the mess hall at 7 
P. M., Just as you are about to "Step-out” 
after a hard day’s drlll-^and notified that the 
commanding officer desires an inspection at 
eight bells the following / morning, and you 
then put the rest of the evening In cleaning 
your rifie, mess-kit and sockS, and at eight 
o’clock you "fall-out” and stand at attention 
for a few .hours — and you are afraid that a 
spot on your shoe lace will be -discovered — - 
and that you will lose your pass for a month 

Isn’t It marvelous— 

To have some nice old lady pause, look you 
over and remark — 

"Oh, but what a lot of fun this must be for 
the boys.” 

To the "Huns” the most unwelcome breeze 
is another draft from the U. S. A. 

"I think the Government is very unconven- 
tional,” Perclval suggested. 

"■Why?” Inquired Osso. 

"i looked all through my draft questionnaire 
and couldn’t find *E. 8. V. P.’ any place." 

Yes, Winifred, wo still hold the lead in the 
Mosquito League. 

A large sign at the depot reads, "Tour uiH- 
form is your pass.” The Long Island R. R. 
conductors probably can’t read or else are 
too nearsighted to see a 
you have no ticket you MUST dig up the 
two-twonty-one to get to town. 

One of the sights you seldom see— a mess 
'hergeant eating pie in a camp commissary. 

Joe Hallo, in the box office of the Liberty, 
deserves the - Iron Cross for an excuse. 
He was late coming back on a pws and 
when Mr. Miller asked why, said he was 
at the station for the train, but a band came 
by and started to play the "Star Spangled 
Banner,” and that he hhd to stand at at- 
tention. Before the band finished the train 
pulled out. 

A lot of acts that play here think they are 
getting applause when It’s only the audience 
killing mCsquitoes. ' 

Yes, It Is proper to take a chicken bone in 
your hands to eat it In camp— only thing 
required Is the chicken bone. 

M. P.’i ON BROADWAY 

The New York streets, particularly 
the railroad stations and the upper 
•sections of Broadway, Times Square, 
the Palace neighborhood and points 
adjacent to the theatrical Rialto are 
now more carefully patroled by mili- 
tary police (M. P.) than at any prev- 
ious time. The placement of the men 
in the theatrical sections is due to the 
fact that about the first place the men 
on leave head for is some of the sho-w 
shops, and consequently the “ M. P. s 
come more in contact with the man 
out an a pass and the one “absent 
witho’jt leave.” 

The “M. P.’s” size up every soldier, 
having instructions to see that he is 
wearing his coat buttoned up and that 
none of the coat flaps are unbuttoned 
and that .his general appearance is 
what the regulations require. The 
spiral leggings are no longer permitted 
on the legs of men who are assigned 
local duty or who have not been desig- 

iiated" for" over 'seasi ^ 

The “M. P.’s” have power to make 
arrests, if the case demands, with the 
U. S. Military Patrol wagon within 
• ready call of any patrol sending in a 
call. The “M. P.’s” are also on the 
constant lookout for deserters. 



LIBERTY THEATRE NOTES. 



Franesa Ingram ot the Chicago Grand Opera 
Co. Is making a patriotic tour of fifteen 
camps. V 

"The Beauty Squad,” 12 people, has been 
over the Liberty Theatre Circuit. 

The Liberty, Camp Green, la used dally 
as a school room for the psychological- hoard. 

James A. Boshell has been appointed dra- 
matic director for Camp Dodge... The Com- 
manding officer of Camp MacArtbur has or- 
dered an announcement ot Liberty Theatre 
attractions to be read daily at retreat 



THE ATOM. 



Jenny Pauline Starke 

Montague Booth Harry Meatayer 

Belle Hathaway Belle Bennett 

A wholesome little comedy, containing some 
heart appeal and enough suspense to keep up 
the Interest. The scenario Is In Catherine 
Carr’s best style and Triangle has given Harry 
Mestayer a vehicle which suits him admir- 
ably. 

The story is not heavy .with plots and coun- 
ter plots, but a straight forward human Inter- 
est yam, about a young woman who Is in love 
with an actor, a $25 a week player, who has. a 
Weakness for Shakespearian parts. Early In 
the picture Montague Booth (Harry Mestayer) 
la caught In a fire on the stage and sustains 



severe Injuries, which virtually put ti end to 
his stags career. 

He Is forsaken by all his friends except tho 
maid (Pauline Starke) at the boarding house 
where he lives. She has loved him In silence, 
he /has never noticed her, except ht tho 
meet casual manner. 

Now that misfortune has come to him shO' 
Immediately rushes to his aid. He la in lovo 
with another woman, yet he and Jenny go off 
together and get a position with a travelling 
medicine quack. 

The "types" have been selected with care, 
and the photography presents many impressive 
and beautiful exterior views. Including a num- 
ber of long sbote. The close-ups are fine and 
the lighting all to be desired. "The Atom” is 
a good program feature. 



MAURICE TOURNEUR ONCE MORE 
REVEALS HIS CREATIVE GENIUS!! 



THE. iNEVK yoBK ITIMES;; SlONpAT, SEETEMBBB; V ISTl 



MfiHWlS 

sHovrativou 

Maurice Tourneur’s Racing Fifmi 
Lots Audience Cheer Cfassic^ 
Oeii>^of Drury, Land., 

; Pow 'motibh'l>rctwe/ dhectors ;equal, 
and fewer curpassi Mauric^Tounie^ 
in tho 'art of 

screen.'’; By his work lie atandw/out. 
Brotnlnently. . qv^ amo^‘ . tiiat ann^ 
srqnp of .c:(ceptiohal who apprW 
,«iate the pwullar powers of the <fu>iera( 
and know how to employ tbeqf in the' 
production ot a photo’^ay, bhqe 
. and In sotne woys more tiian .ever, ijlB| 
jiM revealed his creative, seniu^-vln- 
tlw featumdj_^fllit»’, ^ 

Th^lajTI^^Modraxnirbased upon 
the well-known Ortiry Wnh produch' 
and. as jnany Will remember, it -has to 
do chlefiy with a. young English -Lord 
and bis dMoerato efforts to rerestablish 
hiinself financially through the suc- 
cessM of a pugilist in the ring and a 
rai^norse, the phenomenal iLady Love,'- 
in-the-i^Hiy. Theer are abunaantop- 
uortunities In, the play for exciting- 
.scenes. > 

s Mr;. Tourneur baa not faltered befdre’ 
any of tho big. Comprehensive scenes^ 
such as thos-* of the prize fight and the 
, Iterby Irace. while in little Incidents 
also he has done not only- the obvious 
and expetced. but the surprising. The 
spectators who viewed the picture yes- 
.terday afternoon wem drawn Into tlio 
excitement of the play’s epicodcs, ap- 
plauding and exclaiming at the succee- 
jsron of climaxes as people do only when 
lthe-yare-thrHled.ljy’..ft: penso of ‘partioi-, 
' nation In what they see'or Bear. 

L At one poiht, as Lady J/>vaVdaahed 
Yorwar dto the rqce. some one In thp 
'orchestra shouted ”Go,’* and marly pf 
'.thp specthtora literally started forward 
fronr their seats. It all seemed* real. 
.But this effect was accomplished by the, 
AlliiujLiPt an (ipigoda .and each effect! 
'of ' the photopla y.: was .'similarly MoomA 
JWW»ed4/*~ 



TTiis is a Sample of What 
the New York Papers 
Said About 



S. L. Rbthapfel booked 
“SPORTING LIFE” without 
seeing it. His confidence in 
MAURICE TOURNEIJR’S 
ability has been justified in 
his securing this sensational 
success that is now packing 
hjs Rivoli Theatre to the doors 
and establishing new records. 



Definite distribution arrangements will 
- shortly be announced 



MAURICE TOURNEUR PRODUCTIONS 

STUDIOS— PORT LEE, N. J. 

..........SELLING AGENTS,....-.HILLER & ... WILK. 

LONGACBE BLDG, 42ND & BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITif 







A WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE, 

Society drama, presented by Bacon-Backer 
Films, an adaptation from the play ‘‘Agnes,” 
by Paul M. Potter, directed by Perry N. 
Vokroff, tsho also wrote tbe acenarlo. The 
photography la tbe work of Edward Earle. 
Mary Boland la starred and aupported by a 
small but adequate company, all of whom ap- 
pear to be peculiarly fitted for the roles In 
which they are cast. 

Although there are six reels, tbe picture Is 
unusually full of action. Tbe titles being 
well written, are of great asalstance in fol- 
lowing tbe thread of tbe story. 

Oeorge Roydant (Sam Hardy) and his wife, 
Agnes (Miss Boland) rraide in the country 
with the latter's ancle, Nicholas Barable 
(Lawrence McQlIl). Barrable made a for- 
tune In tbe city and baa retired. Wishing to 
save bis niece and her husband from the 
temptations of New York he yirtually de- 
«mands they lire with him. The young couple 
do not like this plan and at the same time do 
not wish to hurt the old gentleman‘s feelings, 
but they make it plain to each other they long 
for the city. 

They finally break away from the old man 
and make their home In New York. Roy- 
dant is successful in business, and his wife 
' Is popular In society. After a time there is 
an estrangement. Agnes in an absent-minded 
sort of way carries on a flirtation with Lord 
Sulgrare, and her husband falls in tbe hands 
of an adrenturess. 

From then on the action is fast and the 
story Increases in Interest. One of tbe best 
scenes and the one In which Miss Boland 
shines most radiantly. Is that in which Sul- 
grare comes to her bedroom, at her inrita- 
tion. But when he knocks at tbe door she 
will not admit him. He finally forces an 
entrance, and a realistic struggle follows. In 
the scrap Sulgrare falls to the floor and is 
' stunned. She remores him to bis own room. 
Meanwhile her husband, now in financial 
difflculties,' comes to her and asks for her 
Jewels, that be may raise money to meet ob- 
ligations. She confronts him with a note 
from the adrenturess, and explanations on bis 
part follow. But she falls to tell him of her 
experience with Sulgrare. 

In tbe last reel husband and wife are recon- 
ciled. The uncle has come to their aid. With 
their difficulties over they decide they bare 
bad enough of the city and go back to lire 
with the old man. 

The picture has been well staged and it 
should make an unusually attractlre program 
feature. It has all the elements which will 
appeal. 



THE BEUS. 

Mathias Frank Keenan 

^ette. Lola Wlliwn 

Lispaw. Joseph J. Dowling 

Catherine Ids Lewis 

Kor«ki Bert Law 

Albert Cody 

, Carl Stockdale 

Just as erery legitimate actress wants to 
play ‘‘Camille” and erery reader pines for a 
obance at “Hamlet,” so the male screen star 
mrns for a wallop at the role of Mathias in 
‘The Bolls.” It has been done orer and orer 
and each time, a ttop. 

The latest aspirant for these honors is 
Frank Keenan, supported by an adequate cast 
and production, made by Paths. Mr. Keenan 
Is an admirable character actor, and his inter- 
pretation of Mathias is an intelligent, careful 
and painstaking one. But the story is old- 
fashioned and gruesome at best. It the late 
Sir Henry Irring were to offer it today it 
would be laughed at 

Tbe Fathe production is a tiresome affair. 

The majority of the present-day picture ' pa- 
trons probably never heard of the play. 

an l£Tn. 'The acTor’(MUo Sbie sin' 



the register Julian Lawrence and Wife, with- 
out his companion's knowledge. 

In her struggles to escape bis attentions 
which followed. Miss Murray puts up a good 
fight. It proves quite a rough and tumble 
affair. The Innkee^r enters into the proceed- 
ings at the right time and when explanations 
follow, Lawrence Is promptly kicked out of 
the hotel. From actress to artist’s model is 
Della’s next step. While following the latter 
profession, the heroine meets the man she 
loves and presumably marries. - Throughout 
tbe five reels the compromising position in 
which she found herself with Lawrence is al- 
ways cropping up and spoiling her plans for 
a happy marriage. 

■ Miss Murray plays in a moderately Interest- 
ing manner. Her support is only fair. The 
men in the cast all show a tendency to over- 
act. The redeeming feature is tbe work of 
Clair DiN.Brey, the sophisticated young wo- 
man, who knows the stage and the studios. 
“Modern Love” was directed by Robert Z. 
Leonard. 



Della Arnold Mae Murray 

Julian Lawrence... Philo McCullough 

Oeorge ^dlson Arthur Shirley 

Myrtl^ Hhrrls Claire Du Brey 

Wilbur Henderson. Qeorge Cbeeebro 

The title of this Bluebird, featurhig Mae 
Murray, might suggest many things and many 
highly Interesting stories, but such is not the 
case with the picture seen at the New York 
Theatre. It Is a very ordinary feature treated 
in a stereotyped and conventional way. 

Good photography will often help a poor 
picture to get across, but in “Modern Love” 
even this is lacking. The settings are shabby 
and the lighting dim and indistinct. There 
w many olose-upa of Miss Murray and her 
leading man, some of which are good, but they 
ftTB allowed to reznain on the ecreen so long 
tbiM this phase becomes tiresome long before 
It Is over. 

Miss Murray is Della Arnold, a young wo- 
man of the stage, playing one-night stands 
through tbe middle west. Through missing a 
train and inclement weather, she and the lead- 
ing man ^ separated from the company and, 
owing to a storm, have to spend the night at 



directed by Marshall jfellan, 



jetures 



M adge K^INEDY, ^ use an oldr^hloned pluase« 
lias proton on the people of Amerii^. She has 
become a nation-wide lubit. Picture by. picture she 
has grown in popularity. . 

Step by step upwgrd>Hrapidly-^in “Baby Mine,” in 
“Nearly Married,” *The linger Game,” “The Service 
Etair,” and “Friend Husband” this fascinating person- 
ality has increased her r^utation and drawing power, 
as few stars ev^ succeed in dojlhg. 

With the finest, airiest and by all odds the most 
enjoyable of all of hw productions, Goldwyn, under 
its policy of- Star Serjm releasing, takes pride in 
presenting 



A SOUL WITHOUT WINDOWS, 



Hopama Ethol Clayton 

Joahum Richard Clarks 

Hannah Eugenie Woodward 

Nebmnlah Victor Kennard 

PHlro Camllllo David Davies 

Murlo Qua Plxley 

Mrs, Mallory Zadee Burbank 

Scott Malory Frank Mayo 

Fatih Palmer Pinna Nesblt 

Mr. Palmer, Jack Drumler 

Griswold Jack. Roberts 

Woman Sadie Schaeffer 

Girl Violet Askel 

This World feature, starring Ethel Clayton, 
Is altogether different from the general run. 
In It are many pleasing scenes and the theme 
Is most unusual. It Is one of the best pro- 
ductions the World has put out in eome 
months, and should be an excellent program 
feature. It may be tbe last World picture 
In which Miss Clayton will be seen, as her 
conivact with that company has now expired. 

Good photgraphy. In which are Included in- 
teresting country scenes, handsome Interiors 
ond locations with the proper “atmosphere” 
help to make tbe picture good entertatnment 

Miss Clayton takes the role of Hopama, .who 
as a child Is brought to a Shaker settlement, 
and the years of her youth are spent among 
this strict religious sect. When her natural 
desire for fun and music come to the fron., 
she le punished In the Shaker fashion. Miss 
Clayton acts unaffectedly and shows con- 
siderable dramatic power In some of the 
scenes. When brought before the elders of 
tbe church and as punishment for some minor 
offense Is sentenced to whip halt a dozen 
children, who have been her playmates and 
have not been parties to the "crime,” her 
Indignation and refusal are finely expressed, 
and one la Impressed with her earnestness.' 
But this is only one of the many Instances In 
which Miss Clayton scores heavily. 

A most Interesting feature is tbe Identity 
of the "Soul Without Windows.” This Indi- 
vidual’s identity does not come along until 
near the end of tbe third reel and Is a sur-. 
prise, as the person, Scott Malory (Prank 
Mayo), early In the picture gave little evi- 
dence of being soulless, 

Mallory In saving his fiancee from drown- 
ing meets with an accident, the result ol 
wnlch Is paralysis from the waist down and 
an unbalanced mind. He Is wealthy and has 
the best of care, but is forsaken by the girl 
for whom he risked his life. He no longer 
wants to live, according to the titles. 
Hopama then enters Into his life, and a 
French physician , cures him of hls aliments. 
In the last scene tho two lovers are seen In 
a clinch. 'Miss Clayton has a fine supporting 
company. 

A1 Jennings, erstwhile bandit and convict, 
pardoned by ex-PresIdent Roosevelt, at pres- 
cst a Baptist evangelist, has completed a 
western which will be produced and acted by 
himself. It will be a history of Jennings In 
Jl® outlaw days. The title la "The Lady of 
the Dugout.” 



Showing how a fr^h young girl def«ited a middle- 
aged widow vdth her rouge-bozes, lip-sticks, steam 
baths and fat-reducing appliances. 

Have you booked the Madge Kennedy Star Series for 
your theatre? 



GOLDWYN PICTURES CORPOffiDlON 



SwHun.Cou>n,H Awtfut 
16 East 42 nc/ Street 



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HANDS UP. 



IDcho Delano. .Ruth Roland 

Hands Up George Chesbro 

Judith Strange Easter Waters 

The Phantom Rider 

■ In the sixth episode ot this Pathe serial 
there Is no let-up for the perils of Echo, the 
fearlese newspaper woman, ^he throws Incas 
warriors right and left from a box car ot a 
rapidly moving train. She then takes a stupen- 
dous dive as they cross a bridge, but the vil- 
lains still pursue her, the whole party proving 
no slouches as swimmers. Echo and Hands Up 
are both captured and taken to the Inca cas- 
tle, where they start to bum Echo as a sacri- 
fice to the Sun God. But the cowboys from the 
Strang Ranch come Just In time. Hands Up 
Is soon called to the Army, leaving Echo in 
the hands of “Two Gun” Carter. Echo be- 
comes the object of another plot, so the 

Phantom Rider tak^s steps to foil It. One 
feels that Echo must ge very tired of one 
thrill after another, and that her friends must 
wish she would go home as her rescue has 
become a recognized part of each day. 

THE TALK WtHE TOWN. 

*'Genevra French. Dorothy Phillips 

Major French George Fawcett 

Aunt Harriet Clarissa Selwyne 

Lawrence Tabor.... William Stowell 

Jack Langhome .Lon Chaney' 

Should the discipline of the home be Prus- 
sian or democratic? . That, briefly, is the 
theme of the Bluebird feature, shown at the 
Broadway, in which Dorothy Phillips Is 
starred. 

Why the picture should have been given the 
above title is hard to say, there Is nothing In 
the story to create a furore, on the contrary. 
It la a mild and Inoffensive yarn, totally de- 
void of anything sensational. 

Miss Phillips Is pleasing In the role ot 
Oenevra French, an orphan, brought up by 
her uncle, a former major in the army. Her 
guardian raises her along military lines, 
against which, as she grows older, Genevra 
rebels and naturally, whenever the oppor- 
tunity offers, goes to the other extreme. 

Merely with the Idea ot being free from her 
uncle’s guardianship, she marries the first 
man who crosses her path, and she finds she 
Is little better off as a wife than she was as a 
dAughter. 

There Is a strong vein of humor through 
the whole picture, otherwise It would be hope- 
lessly uninteresting. A number of amusing 
scenes in which Miss Phillips and her young 
companions play havoc In the house In her 
guardian's absence, help some. The pho-. 
tograpby Is sharp and clear and the settings 
are In keeping with the story. 

MONEY ISN'FeVERYTHING. 

Margery Smith Margarita Fisher 

Pranklyn Smith Jack Mower 

Hosry P. Rockwell.' J, Norris Foster' 

“Diamond Tim" Moody Wedgwood Nowell 

Betty Nan Kate Price 

This Pathe feature, shown privately. Is 
from a story by Fred Jackson, entitled 
"Beauty to Let," directed by Edward Sloman. 
It is an amusing little trifle that could easily 
have been totld In two reels instead of five. 
Margarita Fisher, who Is starred, gives an In- 
teresting characterization of a young woman 
who Is supposed to be a raving beauty, but 
absolutely brainless. The story has no par- 
ticular point and the situations are Impos- 
sible. 

The production Is worthier of a better 
theme, apparently no expense has been spared, 
the interiors are extremely handsome, all 
looking fresh and new: The extras are clothed 
in fine raiment, some of which has a Paris 
trademark stamped all over. 

Miss Fisher has a good supporting company. 
Jack Mower, her leading man, is always 
amusing, even In his serious moments, and he 
provides lots of the comedy. Kate Price, as 
Betty Nan, a harmless chaperon, gets many 
laughs with her ludicrous efforts to keep a 
watchful eye over her charge. Of course there 
j® ® villain and a forged title to an estate, 
both these two . good old meller props are 
hauled in with an Idea of making Franklin 
Smith (Jack Mower) appear In a heroic light, 
otherwise he would cut a very small figure In 
the picture, as the five reels are made up of 
Miss Fisher, first, last and all the time. 

THE ONE WOMAN. 

Rev. Frank Gordon Lawson Butt 

Kate Ransom Clara Williams 

Mark Overman Herschell Mayal! 

Ruth Gordon Adda Gleason 

.Governor J^orrlson Thurston Hall 

Ben Alexander 

Mary Jane Irving 

The Mastercraft Company, a closed cor- 
poration controlled by the Rev. Thomas Dixon, 
has made a feature film production of Dr. 
Dixon's book, “The One Woman,” directed by 
Reginald Barker, scenario by the author and 
Richard Schayer, with Charles Kaufman pho- 
tographer. It will be distributed by Select. 

The moral taught by the piece Is the avoid- 
ance of "free love” as expounded by certalA 
branches of socialism. 

A wild-eyed religious fanatic — a clergyman, 
married, with two children, preaches “the 
■ brotherhood of 'man''’''IWih h!#' pUIplt 
forced to resign. He appeals to a wealthy 
banker to aid him In building a new temple 
where ho can have free voice in expounding 
his theories. He falls in love with a wealthy 
"vampire,” who feeds his personal ego and 
tells his wife he cannot live a lie — that he 
loves the other woman. She pleads with him : 



“I have given you my life— a home — children” 
in response to hie “revelation" of a new and 
overwhelming love. 

At this point be receives. a letter from a 
lawyer that a client Is the anonymons donor 
of $1,000,000 to his new church. He goes to 
the, other woman and says: "I love you better 
than life Itself, but we must never see each 
other again.” Leaving her, he goes to the hall, 
and on picking up his bat finds the lawyer’s ' 
card, and it dawns upon him that the woman 
la the donor. He returns and takes her in bis 
arms. She says : "But your wife?” "Let me 
fight it out alone,” he replies, and goes home 
to declare his intention to abandon his family. 
“Tou would desert the mother of your children 
and take up with another woman Just as any 
common cur would do?” 

His mind Is made up and he won't recede. 
The Temple of Man Is consecrated, and at 
the opening he announces the other wonlan as 
his wife, placing a ring upon her finger with- 
out any other ceremony. His wife has always 
been loved by her guardian, who has now been 
elected governor of the state. The banker Is 
a bachelor who is shy of women, but when 
he meets the vampire Is very much smitten 
and pays her considerable attention.. He 
taunts the clergyman with the creed of "free 
love," to which the clergyman rejoins : "God 
has not made the man who can take her 
.from me.” 

The vampire, however, tires of his "yap- 
pings," and now looks with favor upon the 
banker. The war breaks out and the eooial- 
Ists rant against conscription. The clergy- 
man Is, with all his weakness, a patriot, and 
won’t permit the anti-conscrlptlon attitude of 
bis associates. As a result he Is driven from 
Ms cbuch by force and rushes to his domicile 
to find the banker embracing the vampire. 

In a terrific fight he kills the banker and 
rushes back to his wife, who takes him in. She 
bad, meantime, refused to marry the gov- 
ernor, still loving the father of her children. 

On trial for his life, the vampire testifies 
against him and he Is convicted and sentenced 
to die. The wife , accompanied by her little 
boy, calls on ttie governor to plead for a par- 
don. It develops the governor had pressed the 
prosecution . In the hope of winning the good 
woman for bis own wife, and finally grants 
the pardon, leaving the clergyman to iretur|Ub,. 
to the bosom of his family. 

' Very competently acted, with the home ele- 
ment strongly depicted by the children, espe- 
cially by little Ben Alexander, the child who 
scored so strongly In “Hearts of the World. 

The picture Is. certain to give satisfaction . 
with any audience, but the volume of profit to 
be derived from It is dependent upon the 
Ingenuity exercised in peranadlng a few prom- 
inent, long-haired socialists In rising on their 
hind legs to protest agatost the photoplay as 
not In keeping with the soolallstlo teaoWnOT. 

The directorial and mechanical end of the 
production were in able bands ; the story Is 
strong, but it Is In the exploitation that the 
"big money" lies. sow. 

HIS iIRTHRIGHT. 

Haworth Producing Corp. has gtvmi Sessue 
Hayakawa a strong theme in the aoove, and 
the young Japanese star makes 'the most ot 
it. He Is a bom picture actor and shows 
striking power In the dramatic climaxes, ot 
which there are many. 

Technically, the picture Is out ot the or- 
dinary. Tbe direction is one of the outstand- 
ing features. The few trilling faults along 
these lines will never be notl^ by the or- 
dinary film fan. Tbe photography Is clear asd . 
sharp, with close-ups thrown in here and there 
with telling effect, when a point is to be 
driven home. One Is Impressed with the ex- 
teriors. Care has been taken In obtaining the 
right “atmosphere,” and the result Is mMt 
pleasing. Large Japanese gardens and tem- 
ples surrounded by extensive grounds, with 
Jap women and children filtting around, all 
add to the realism. The interiors are hand- 
some and In keeping with the general pro- 
duction, the whole thing having been done on 
& l&vish 6C&lo« 

The scenario would have been In far better . 
taste had It been built around an ordinary 
American citizen, and followed the lines of . 
John Luther Long's story, "Purple Byes,” to 
which It bears some similarity. Instead ot 
making a Rear-Admiral ot tbe United States 
Navy (in uniform) bear the disgrace of being 
confronted with an Illegitimate son, tbe result 
ot a “love affair” with a Japanese girl, when 
he was an ensign, stationed at a port In 
Japan. 

Rear-Admiral Morton and the United States 
Navy is again placed in an unenviable light 
In the picture when certain Government docu- 
ments are stolen from him and find their way 
into tbe bands of a female German spy. 

Thrills follow in quick succession, with 
Hayawaka always the central figure. He also 
supplies the comedy. The company support- 
ing the Jap la a strong one and they handle 
their parts with Intelligence. Applause was 
not lacking the night the picture was seen at 
the Circle. 

A LAW UNT^HERSELF. 

Justine Louise Glaum 

Le Sleur Philippe de Lame. .Joseph F. Dowling 

Kurt von Klassner S, A, DeQrasse 

Bertrand DuRoo Edward Coxen 

Louise Glaum Is seen to good advantage in 
., '.'A.'Law Unto He.rselL’ a, pamlta .feature, . and , 
In a' part vastly "dlSerent from tbd “Vampa*’"' 
and scarlet ladles for which she has shown 
such « fondness In the past. Here she Is a 
French girl, tbe daughter of a rich vine 
grower, who la In love with Bertrand DuRoo, 
the poor overseer of her father’s estate. But 
Kurt von Klassner comes on the scene and 
presses a suit whlifii Is favorably regarded 



by tbe father of Justine (Louise Glaum). 

Dleoovering the state of affairs between 
Juetlne and Bertrand, von Klaaener meets uis 
rival one night and In an altercation runs 
him through with his sword cane. The mur- 
der Is laid to poaohere. So Justine marriea 
the German, who becomes manager ot the 
estate, and settles down to a browbeaten and 
humdrum existence. 

A baby Is bom, and Justine devotes her 
time to bringing him up on French Ideas and 
traditions: In the meantime she has dis- 

covered that von Klassner Is the murderer 
of her lover. Then the war breaks out and 
von Klassner goes at once to Berlin, although 
he has hitherto pretended to have become a 
Frencfii citizen. Justine tells ber eon that 
he Is Bertrand’s son, they having been mar- 
ried -ebortly before he was killed. The Ger- 
mans come and begin murdering and ravish- 
ing the peaeante, even killing Justine’s' father, 
but then a larger force of French arrives. 
Von Klassner appearing on the scene at the- 
same time le handed over to tbe French as 
a spy by the boy he thinks his own eon. 

Miss Glaum plays with great tensity and 
depth of emotion. She le tender and womanly 
and altogether successful In what for her Is 
a new type of character. 8. A. DeQrasse Is 
excellent, both In appearance and acting, as 
the German. The youth who plays Justine’s 
son after he has grown to manhood Is an 
eloquent reminder of the far-reaching de- 
pletions of the draft. It Is a pity that' a 
really good picture should be marred by one 
BO unsulted to the role of the stalwart young 
fellow. Fart of the success is dpe to re- 
markably good direction. Tbe title means 
nothing. “ 



SPORTING LIFE. - 

John, Earl of Woodstock Ralph Qravea 

Joe Lee Warner Richmond 

Miles VavAnagh ....... .....Charlee Bldrldgo' 

Malet de Carteret Charles Craig 

Straker. .Henry West 

Norah Oavanagfr. Constance Blnney 

Kitty Cavanagh Pair Blnney 

Olive de Carteret Willette Kershaw 



The film version of Henry Hamilton and 
Seymour Hicks’ famous Drury I^ne melo- 
drama, "Sporting Life," made by Maurice 
Tourneur, le on exhibition this week at the 
RlvoH. A play eo full of action lends Itself 
readily to picturlzlng. It la full of suspensive 
Intereet, the vlllalne . being constantly foiled 
at the eleventh hour-^r rather second. Ex- 
cellent vlewB are ebown of the Earl of Wood- 
stock’s English estate, the Gypsy camp, racing 
stable, tallyhoB, house party, a olgarette- 
smoklng vlllainess, the National Sporting Club 



and last a genuine picture of the famous Eng- 
lish Derby at Epsom. A cumulative, euapense- 
holding Bcenario was prepared by Wlntlirop 
Kelley. 

Lord Woodstock, a young gentleman aporte- 
maa, la in financial dlfilcultlea. He oounto on 
winning the Derby to recoup his losses. He 
loves one of the daughters ot hie horse trainer 
and the other sister loves too well a young 
■ prizefighter who la a protege ot Woodstock. 

The vlllainess and her husband scheme to 
dope the fighter, figuring that Woodstock will 
be BO heavily Involved he will be compelled 
to acratoh hla Derby entry. This Is foiled by 
the stable trainer, but tbe vlllainees proves 
to tbe old man the fighter la the betrayer of 
hie daughter and he, broken-hearted, lends 
hlmaelf to the nefarious plot. Woodstock has 
challenged for the fight in the name ot an un- 
known and, as a last resource, takes the fight- 
er’s place in tbe ring, winning. "I have not 
yet named my man— -I name myself." His 
horees Are walked across London in a fog, a 
collision is "framed” and Lady Love, the 
Derby candidate, la spirited away ’and hidden 
In the cellar of a public houee. His fiancee 
starts out to recover the equine and a won- 
derfully effective “shot” showing the cellar, 
tbe saloon and the upper story of the public 
house le flashed. Villain : “It he falls to ap- 
pear at the track we can claim he Is dead and 
have bis horse scratched." Meanwhile the 
doped fighter goes to the villanness’s apart- 
ment and says : “Never shall you trick an- 
other. man as you did me,” and chokes her. 
rfishlng off, beUeving he has killed her. He 
hides In the Gypsy camp with hie mother. 
While there he overhears and sees tbe con- 
federates of tbe villains kidnap Woodstock. 
He rescues him, they rush off to the track In 
an auto and arrive Just as tbe horses are led 
to the post. Tbe villain had already protested 
Woodstock’s entry and It seems certain Lady 
Love won’t be permitted to run. But Lady 
Love wins and everything ends happily tor all 
excepting the plotters. 

Ralph Graves Is a good type for the Bari, 
Charles Craig and Willette Kershaw are the 
classy pair of plotters who are foiled and 
the Blnney Sisters (newcomers) are the 
daughters of the trainer. The young girls 
will be liked In pictures but there Is nothing 
In their work in tbe present feature to Indicate 
they will develop into world-beaters as spreen 
stars. . 

All things considered, "Sporting Life" will 
make an attractive epeclal release and will 
give satisfaction to any audience. JoXo, 



John Colton has been employed by the Gall 
Kane Productions to write scenarios for the 
remainder of the pictures for . the pr^ent 
eerles now being produced by Mies Gall. 



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with a notable cast featuring 

, Francis McDonald 

as Tony, the Italian lad, whose starved 
soul battles the verdicts of the master 
merchant and finds solace in paternal 
love. ^ 

Directed by Thomas N. Heffron 

McDonald’s masterful, interpretation 
of the star role in this picture, rich in 
pathos and sentiment, assures a box- 
office attraction that will boost your 
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PECK’S BAD GIRL. 



MInDle Peck Mabel Normand 

Dick Barle Foze 

Horteme Martinet Cortnne Barker 

Mies Olivia. Blanche Davenport 

Adam Raskell Leslie Hunt 

Peck B. M. Favor 

Pearson Bdwin Sturgis 

Walker Joseph Qranby 

A capital picture, and one showing Mabel 
Normand off to greatest advantage is “Peck’s 
Bad Qlrl,” a Qoldwyn feature seen at private 
showing. It is not only funny, in a healthy, 
old-fashioned way, but it is also quite melo- 
dramatic in spots and then, by way of va- 
riety, a pretty little love element Is injected. 

Minnie Peck is a very bad girl indeed. She 
interferes with the hose of the village fire de- 
partment to the discomfiture of the fire lad- 
dies, and she puts a sign on the bank which 
results in a run on that stable institution. 
Saved from reform school by the friendly in- 
tercession of a 'kind-hearted woman, she se- 
cures a position as model with Miss Hortense 
Martinet, a modiste from New York. She. 
makes a comedy model. Indeed, alternately 
affronting Hortense's customers and falling 
over her train. She also engages in a flirta- 
tion with Dick, a city stranger, who has come 
to the village to sell fake jewelry. Going to 
the shop one night on a forgotten errand she 
discovers two "slick" looking men tunneling 
from cellar to cellar on their way to the 
vaults of the bank. Hortense enters at this 
juncture in a most suspicious manner, and it 
dawns upon Minnie that she is Intent upon 
making a get-away hereelf, and is in league 
with the robbers. So Minnie makes ber em- 
ployer a prisoner in the closet, and with the 
timely aid of Dick captures the men. Dick 
turns out to have been on the trail of the 
gang, while Minnie finds herself a heroine. 
And then Dick puts a ring with a real stone 
on her finger. 

Miss Normand is one of the best comedien- 
nes on the screen, and there are few artists 
who can get a laugh with quicker readiness. 
In "Peck's Bad Oirl” she has a vehicle un- 
commonly well’ suited to her peculiar talents. 
Earle Foxe as Dick renders good support, 
and Corinne Barker as the wily Hortense 
could not have been better cast. All the 
village characters are admirably played, and 
the direction is perfect. The village, built in 
the Ooldwyn yard at Fort Lee, is a triumph. 



tography is clear and sharp, with pleasing ex- 
teriors, the indoor scensk are all that the ils- 
ture requires. While there are a number of 
close-ups the pictures of the two stars are not 
constantly thrown on the screen, merely with 
the Idea of getting into the '“light." 

Frederic Pritchard (Mr. Blackwell) the son 
of a wealthy father who has never bad to work 
and abhors anything which might suggest ex- 
ertion, is very funny at times, particularly 
when his father is about to cut him off. Young 
Pritchard receives the calling down with a 
mixture of penitence and boredom and takes 
his father seriously. The result is he decides 
to become a burglar. 

One of the best characters is Smithson, the 
butler (Frank Doane). He is always at bis 



■aster's sail, and alse his partner la hla gtld- 
alght exploits while he Is burglaring. 



THE BRAZEN BEAUTY. 



An exaggerated Universal comedy— almost 
a farce— featuring Prlsclll'a Doan, seen at the 
Circle. The story is far-fetched, nut this does 
not altogether detract from its amusing fea- 
tures. There Is line photograph and the 
settings are handsome. 

Miss Dean is an orphan, left with untold 
millions; her father, a Montana silver miner, 
having died during her infancy. The early 
scenes show her life In a mining town of 
which she soon grows tired. From the second 
reel on, tells of her efforts to conquer New 



York and injeot herself into .a certain country 
club colony. ■ ■ , 

Bhs is a wild, untamed creature, but able to 
get away with some daring exploits because of 
her wealth. She believes in calling a spade a 
spade, and when one young man proposes to 
ber, informs him when she marries she is 
going to wed a man and not a degenerate. She 
gives him a right book and sends him about 
Ills bU8l0688 * 

But Priscilla is finally tamed by the man of 
her choice and in the final scene they are In 
a clinch. 

There are many amusing situatlOno and 
“The Brazen Beauty" should be a good pro- 
gram feature. It is clean and full of good, 
healthy laughs. 



Is Your Mill On a Stream 



Thai Never Runs Dry? 



JUST FOR TONIGHT. 






Theodore 'Whitney, Jr Tom Moore ‘ 

Betty Blake. . Lucy Fox ‘ 

Crandall Henry Sedley 

Major Blackburn Henry Hallam 

Theodore Whitney, Sr Robert Broderick 

Lady Rozenham Ethel Grey Terry 

Detective Chase Bdwin Sturgis 

Butler Phil Ryley 

Mrs. Blackburn Maude Turner Gordon 

Theodore Whitney, Jr. (Tom Moore), in 
“Just for Tonight" (Goldwyn), lets himself in 
for all sorts of adventures when he goes seek- 
ing the acquaintance of a pretty girl who 
lives somewhere near New York in a great 
country house, whisking over the country roads 
in a rakish looking car. And Theodore should 
have been trying to recover an old stock 
certificate, really the property of bis father, 
which decorates the walls of a road house 
and which has recently recovered its former 
value. But Theodore will go philandering and 
the certificate disappears. These things hap- 
pen in the picture, and much more. 

Betty Blake, who young Whitney admires, 
lives with her uncle, Major Blackburn. There 
having been a jewel robbery in the bouse, 
and Betty having been seen talking to a 
strange looking man in the shrubbery, sbo is 
looked upon as the culprit by the detectives. 
They are Immediately dismissed, but an Insur- 
ance company decides to send a sleuth to the 
Major's house on its own hook, and In the guise 
of an English lord. Knowing the detective as- 
signed to the job, young Whitney pays him one 
-thousand dollars to let him have> 4 he job. He 
goes to the bouse as Lord Rozenham and is 
cordially received. But the butler soon' de- 
tects the deception and telepbones to New 
York for a woman supposed to be the real 
Lady Rozenham and wife of the man Whit- 
ney is impersonating. Lady Rozenham comes, 
but she and Whitney decide to carry on the 



^HE wise miller gets his power 
^ from a stream he can depend 















upon — one that furnishes steady power 
in the droughts of summer as well as 
in the floods of spring. 

Exhibitors are like millers. They depend 
upon producers for the power that runs their 
theatres. 












To be successful) a theatre must be furnished with 
a constant stream of uniformly good motion pictures. 
Month in and month out the stream must continue. 






deception for the evening. In the night 
'Whitney finds his auppoaed wife stealing 
a necklace from the safe, and after arous- 
ing the house discovers that she and the 
butler are a notorious pair of thieves. And 
Betty produces the certificate, which ac|r 
counts for her conversations with the mys- 
terious man. And Whitney marries Betty, 
which all the fans know will happen from the 

Tom Moore is happily cast as the winning, 
fearless Whitney, and Lucy Fox as Betty is 
an admirable foil. 

Good support and good direction help in 
making this an excellent picture. 



An “in and out” stream makes an “in and out” theatre- 
holding nobody’s good will, nobody’s steady patronage. 

The Paramount and Artcraft exhibitor has put his mill on a 
stream that never runs dry. It’s a Niagara of power, unceasing, 
steadily performing the work in^sted to it. The greatest 
springs combine to feed this mighty stream, thousands of exhibi- 
tors use its power. 













There’s still more room along the bank- 



BY HOOK OR CROOK. 



Frederic Pritchard ...Carlyle Blackwell 

Gloria Kevins.... Evelyn Greeley 

Frederic Pritchard, Sr Jack Drumler 

Mrs, Pritchard Jennie Ellleon 

Aunt Marie Nora Cecil 

Smithson Frank Doane 

MrS; 'Nevinsr. ; ; ; : ;7;'. ; ; Alice cbapltr 

Henry Arnold... Henry Warwick 

Amusing five-reel World comedy. In which 
Carlyle Blackwell and Evelyn Greeley are fea- 
tured. These two young stars are always seen 



Come set up your mill ! 



MAMK 



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ADOLPH ZUKDR2y»;JS8SBI>.lASinrtVi».Er«a CECIL ROKMm.p, Pfr^ tr Omnil 



•-HKW YORK./ 



to better advantage In this type of photoplay. 

The story while Improbable Is Interesting and 
there are many laughs distributed. The pho- 






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SAN FIIANCISO 



COAST FILM NEWS. 

By GUY PRICB. 

' ' Los Anselea. Sept 14, 

Leo Ptersoa has been engaged as Juvenile 
ot the National Film Corporation. 

Walter Bdwards has decided to run again 
for alderman ot Culver City. 

BVank Beresford le back at hla desk at the 
Biando after a rest In the mountains. 

Sidney Barton,, of the Klnema staff. Is 
veearlng an American unlfom. 

H. Tipton Steok Is back at Universal writ- 
ing continuity. 

Jack Perrin baa Joined Triangle playing 
staff. 

Jack Mulhall has signed a sis months’ con- 
tract to appear In Paramount pictures. 

Jack Cunningham has been engaged to write 
the continuity on Frank Keenan's new screen 
play. 

Eugene Lewis la the new assistant scenario 
editor at Triangle. 

William Parker, the author, has taken up 
his residence in Los Angeles. 

CafUerine’ MacDonald has been engaged by 
Cecil De Mine. 

Monte M. Katterjohn. has received word that 
bis brother, Fred Katterjohn, arrived safely 
In Siberia. 

William Duncan has begun work on a new 
Vitagraph serial. Edith Johnson will be his' 
leading woman. 

Sylvia Bremer has filed suit for divorce from 
her husband, Edwin W. Morrison, a theatrical 
manager of Australia. 

. — i — i ill 1 

Waldemar Young has returned to Universal, 
where he will write original stories and con- 
' tlnuity. 

Henry Walthall has received a letter from 
his brother, stating that be was severly 
wounded at the Battle of the Marne. 

' Neva Gerber made a talk a few nights ago 
at the Symphony Theatre— her first local ap- 
pearance. 1 

Director William Chaudet has returned from 
San Diego Canyon, whither he went to direct 
; Billie Rhodes In mountain scenes. 

"Scraps of Paper" is the name of Fatty 
Arbuckle’s forthcoming propaganda picture, 
written by Adam Hull, Lasky publicity man. 

Betty Compson, Monroe Salisbury’s newest 
leading woman, will be seen first In “Breathes 
There a Man," now In course of production. 
The story originally appeared in Scribner’s. 

Henry B. Walthall’s last picture will be 
produced by the National, by special arrange- 
ment with N. W. Aronson. Walthall will soon 
leave the screen for the legitimate. 

"Hobbs In a Hurry” Is the first of the Wll- 
liain Russell Productions, Inc., to be released 
un^r the new arrangement made recently with 
the Fathe exchanges. Stephen Fox Is the 
author. 

Carmel Myers has been extended an Invlta- 
' Hon to Japan by the Yega Sekai, a Japanese 
magazine which recently conducted a contest 
In which Miss Myers received 209,000 votes 
more than her nearest competitor. 

A stranger from Iowa approached C. Gard- 
ner Sullivan, Ince’s premier photoplaywright. 

“Who wrote that book?” he asked. 

"Bret Harte," replied Sullivan. 

"Who’s he?— Bill Hart’s little brother?" 

Alma Rubens, who recently filed suit against 
her husband, Franklyn Farnum, for divorce, 
entering charges of cruel treatment soon after 
the wedding, camouflaged the case under the 
title, "Alma Smith vs. William Smith. The 
suit Is still pending. 

Thomas' K. Ince has broken the ground on 
his new half-million dollar studio which Is to 
be erected one mile from the Triangle studio 
at Culver City. George Washington’s Mount 
Vernon home will be reproduced In the archi- 
tecture. 

The next super-production which the Na- 
tional Is contemplating as a follow-up on 
"Tarsan of the Apes” and the “Romance of 
Tarzan,” Is said to be one of the most sensa- 
tional and daring ever screened. The studk 
management Is shrouding the plans for the 
production In the deepest mystery. 

OPERATOR^!). S. C. 

Cincinnati, Sept. 18. 

Cincinnati picture operators are. in- 
• the lanRuage of the poet, *‘a!l - swelled 
up.” One of their number, Cecil M. 
Murray, aged 30, of 306 West 5^h street, 
has been awarded the distinguished 
service cross by General Pershing. 

He came here from Hamilton, O,, 
and was drafted Dec. 10. He has a 
wife and little daughter in Cincinnati. 



INCORPORATIONS. 

Ackerman inHni' Prednctlon. Manhat- 
tan; 160,000; C. R. Ackerman, J. C. B. 
Iden, R. L. Noah, 200 W. 94th St., New 
York. 

William street Amneemeait Co,, of Buf- 
falo; 16,000; I. P. Schofield, P. Franke, M. 
Rauchstadt, Buffalo, N. 7. . 

Joseph Frledburgr, Manhattan; pictures; 
$10,000; T. F. McMahon, B. C. Elliott, J. 
Friedburg, 414 "W, ICth Street, New York. 

J. W. W. Oo„ Manhattan, theatricals 
and pictures; $10,000; D. Lewis, J. & M. 
Weber, 1416 Broadway, New York. 



MONTREAL’S NEW HOUSE. 

Montreal, Sept. 18. 

The new Allen, opened to capacity 
Monday with Griffith’s “Hearts of the 
World.” 

The Allen is the first theatre built 
in the Notre Dame de Grace Ward, 
and is the latest of a string of 20 the- 
, atres organized for Canada by the Al- 
len Theatre Enterprises. 

It has a seating capacity of 1,000 and 
is handsomely decorated. 

The manager is H. C. La Marr, for- 



merly of the vaudeville team of La 
Marr and La Marr. 

The orchestra of 20 pieces is under 
the direction of H. Thorpe. 

MOTHER DIED AT CHILD BIRTH. , 

Los Angeles, Sept. 18. 

The picture people have been im- 
measurably saddened through the 
death of Mrs. Eddie Cline, who died 
following the birth of a child. 

The bereaved husband is a director 
with Mack Sennet. 



d:vgripfiths 






“THE SEASON’S BEST 
PICTURE” 



Eugene J. Roth, manager of the California Theatre, one 
of the most successful photoplay houses in America, had 
the first run showing of “The Great Love” in San Fran- 
cisco. He wired Mr. Griffith as follows ; 

Our California Theatre has contracted for ex- 
clusive first showing in San Francisco for all of the 
D. W. Griffith features. The tremendous ovation 
The Great Love” received and the unanimous 
opinion expressed to the effect that it was the sea- 
son’s best picture is most gratifying to us. Accept 
congratulations.” 

D. W. Griffith’s first Artcraft picture, “The Great Love,” 
has been a tremendous success everywhere shown, regardless 
of locality. Though its premiere showings took place In 
the hottest month of the year, the theatres were thronged 
at every performance. 

RELEASED BY 



* ^^U^PLAlfERS-IAS CORPOBATION i 



Thim la one of a aerlca of advertliementa ahowing the aucceaa of 
“The Great Love" In the moat Important citlea of the United Statee. 
















MOVING PICTUKES 



AMONG THE WOMEN 



By PATSY SMITH 



Nothing new on the Riverside bill 
this week and nothing big enough to 
draw any great applause even from the 
holiday audience Monday matinee. Ed- 
die Borden appeared to be the biggest 
hit, but he stole a few bows at that. 
Francis Renault’s reappearance in 
vaudeville here was marked witlj no 
particular novelty and despite his elab- 
orate wardrobe he should cut the line 
in the program calling attention to its 
purported or intrinsic value now that 
he is playing before intelligent audi- 
ences whose eyes are well open to ex- 
travagant stage expenditure. A white 
Spanish shawl dre4s with one sleeve 
and part of rose bodice showing and a 
bizarre rose covered wire hoop ar- 
rangement over all, was worn at the 
opening. A grandmother costume, of 
blue silver brocade, lengthened with a 
deep flounce of lace— the same falling 
in a cascade down the back, was en- 
hanced vvith tiny garlands and blue 
malines. With a silver iridescent 
gown, the train and one side drapery 
of black velvet, a fan of black ostrich 
feathers and white aigrettes was car- 
ried and a bird of paradise flashed 
bravado from a huge unbecoming head- 
gear. The bicycle seems to have been 
exhausted by the trick cyclist, for Min- 
nie Kauffman (of Chinko and Co.), one 
of the best women cyclists extant, is 
doing nothing new in the w^y of rou- 
tine of tricks. 

Mollie Fuller displayed a smart little 
round hat, the crown studded with bril- 
liants and her well advertised “Evange- 
line" nether extremities. Stella Mayhew 
entertained . in a simple blue voile with 
lace drop skirt, and Florence La Due, 
champion lady roper, wore a plum satin 
shirt with velvet skirt. The women in 
the. Bert Baker act were in white crepe 
embroidered in red and biege jersey 
cloth stitched in dark blue or black. 



panel fronts of alternate^ bands of pink 
silk and lace frills — long loose sleeves 
of same and big chapeaux of combined 
materials. Handsome rose brocade and 
silver cloth wraps with oriental hems 
and linings of blue were worn for a 
restaurant verse and pretty waltz, and, 
as the day over, the girls are seen in 
lace coatees and sheer pink pajamas. 
They are capable dancers and have 
pleasing voices aside from the origi- 
nality of their offering. 

. What wonderful hair (quite to her 
knees) and what a consumate little 
perch artist is the little Jap girl of 
Osaki and Taki I After discarding her 
heavy velvet mandarin coat, she works 
in spotless white silk blouse and tights 
with the freedom and sureness of a 
male artist. 

The woman of Mason and Gwynne 
wears a buff cloth Russian suit trimmed 
with brown fur and a brown skin 
makeup. She sings, whistles and imi- 
tates something, it Isn’t clear just what, 
and removes her gloves in the middle 
of act for fear her makeup may be mis- 
urderstood. 

Last, but not least^ of the women, is 
Doris Dare. First in saxe blqe and 
gold scroll brocade, the loose ..traight 
bodice sparkling with a design in bril- 
liants and a little flat plac, perched atop 
her well coiffeured head, tied with sil- 
ver ribbons, then in silver cloth re- 
splendent with bands of iridescents, 
she is smartly attractive. Her punch 
song and dress, however, is worn last. 
In rose velvet, its long train and vest 
front, solid with ruby sequins, and hair 
powdered at sides, she sings of the 
woman who wants to keep young. 



- Even the girl ushers were boosting 
the show at the Fifth Avenue Monday 
night, which listened well at the start 
and finished' with their recommenda- 
tions well justified. There were eight 
vaudeville acts not counting the patri- 
otic song contestants, and it was all 
over at 10.30, making a short but sweet 
entertainment for that house. Two sis- 
ter acts and two male teams didn’t look 
so well on the bills, but panned out all 
right. Jimmie Foley (formerly of 
O’Neil and Foley), who has replaced 
Jimmy 'Casson with the Sherlock Sis- 
ters, overworked the stunts in his danc- 
ing specialty and was winded for the 
singing that followed. The girls open- 
ed in modernized Chinese costumes and 
closed in geranium brocade velvet and 
net over wistaria foundations. A cute 
little soubret dress, evidently new, was 
of pink brilliant cloth and had an or- 
chid georgette panel front, pink and 
orchid bloomers and pink lace trimmed 
tarn. A little less affectation would 
help these girls, particularly in their 
singing numbers. 

The pretty De Wolf Girls, formerly 
known as Georgetta and Capitola, pre- 
sented a delightful novelty act. They 
opened as Little Red Riding Hood in 
front of a wood drop and told of the 
mistake of the story book maiden — 
that her clothes were all wrong and 
proceeded to show how pretty things 
would have transformed her. A gray 
silk panorama drop bordered with blue 
birds enclosed a dai nty bedroom '’set, 
bright with rose design cretonne, the 
girls in nighties, just slipping out of 
their beds. Turquoise negligees with 
blire birds printed on' them and' sc 
caps, white cloth riding' habit for the 
morning gallop and a demure tucked 
gray georgette with bonnet to match 
followed each other quickly. For “rag 
time tea” they were in pink chiffon 
overskirts embroidered in blue over 



The most conspicuous feature of the 
latest Artcraft production, “Johanna 
Ennsts” is the work of the title sheet 
writer. The author of them (be they 
original or culled from the book) handr 
out many laughs the action does not 
really call for. Mary Pickford is quite 
at her best in the character of the 
country slavey, whose brain is weary 
of the monotony of things as her body 
is oj the incessant drudgerjr. With face 
artistically freckled, she will appeal to 
every freckle-faced boy and girl film 
fan. After praying for a beau and 
getting a whole regiment who shower 
attentions upon her, the soul of vanity 
is awakened. Her tight braids are let 
down and curled — freckle bleaches ap- 
plied and milk baths indulged in and, 
with chameleon-like rapidity she 
changes from ugly cotton dresses to 
well fitting frocks. A guimp dress was 
particularly pretty. The waist was 
flowered material and the tight skele- 
ton bodice and plaited apron skirt was 
of serge or some other light cloth. A 
wide belt of patent leather encircled 
her waist. Some of the scenes were 
taken with the 143rd California Coast 
Artillery, of which the little film star 
is official godmother. Miss Pickford 
appears to be growing more human in 
her characterizations — not just “too 
sweet to live”— perhaps it’s the freckles 
that make her appear so. 



It is not possible to describe in 
decent language the nauseating at- 
tempt at comedy indulged in by the 
principals of Robinson’s “Parisian 
Flirts." The name of the offering is 
“The Wild Lovers.” Billy Clark and 
A1 Raymo were the leading offenders, 
abetted by May Bernhardt and Hallie 
Randolph. Jocko, the ape, played by 
Marion Benson, is a mere plant for 
the lewd business and talk. Miss Bern- 
liai-dl appeared to be amu 
rather than the audience, and showed 
the same unconcern in her dressing. 
Two satin sport suits were plain and 
ordinary for stage wear. Hallie Ran- 
dolph carried her costumes well but 
spoiled their effectiveness with a hat 



pi: feather that didn’t belong. 

Jerry Flemming, the plump blonde 
soubret, rushed through her lines at 
times. A little more initiative was ex- 
pected from her. She should cut out 
"cart wheels” or go in training for 
them. Freda Lehr deserves credit for 
the only legitimate entertainment 
handed out, aside from Chas. Robinson 
himself. A tall, fine looking young 
woman, she has a good voice and de- 
livery and makes the best appearance 
of all despite the showy clothes and 
bold display of ego ’ of the other 
women. 



As for the chorus, they are young, 
good looking, and slender. vThe only 
one above the average size has dig- 
nity and can read lines as well as any 
of the principals. They open as sum- 
mer girls in turquoise voile and lace 
frocks and big newer decked picture 
hats. For “Peaches Down in Georgia” 
they are in peacock blue satin cape 
coats relieved with white satin collars 
and blue and white satin rolled brim 
tarns. A half dozen in high heels, to 
make<^hem taller evidently, wear men’s 
flannels and blue satin coats. ' 'They 
modestly adhere to skirts and pants 
throughout— only one girl appearing in 
fleshings— supposedly returning from 
an ocean dip. The conventional cos- 
tumes and fair appearance of the tout 
ensemble, together with the broadly 
suggestive dialog and its brazen de- 
livery (with no attempt to cover by 
double entente) makes an incongru- 
ous offering to say the least, and it’s 
safe to say, there will be a general 
disinfecting of the business and talk 
before it travels far. 



If Barney Gerard’s “Follies of the 
Day” isn’t a success this season, it 
won’t be because they haven’t the ma- 
terial. Chester Nelson even funnier 
than last year holds up the comedy of 
the show and the individual hit was 
made by an unprogramed little woman 
with a big voice— who stepped in the 
production in the cabaret scene in the 
last act. Harry Welsh and the leader, 
Andy Harer (who sings in the orches- 
tra pit) as well as much of the busi- 
ness in the pawnshop scene in the 
first act, are from the American Bur- 
lesquers offering of last year. “Pawn- 
broking de Luxe.” 

Gertrude Hayes^ doesn’t stand out 
quite so strongly in the show as last 
season, in fact does not make the 
attempt but divides honors with the 
rest of the women, even with some 
of the chorus. Mildred Laurie, Ger- 
trude Saifin and Pauline Harer lead 
some numbers capably. With a royal 
blue and green net trimmed with blue 
sequins and ostricb fringe, at her 
opening. Miss Hayes wears a lattice, 
fan-shaped headgear, of jet and tiny 
light green ostrich tips. A scarlet vel- 
vet, high wais white satin . 

draped skirt which had a broad band 
of white fur at bottom. Her beaded 
zouave with its crystal fringe and cop- 
per fishscale oriental trousers, sug- 
gested a mermaid as much as an orien- 
tal. Transparent black lace, the high 
long sleeved bodice unlined and the 



double skirt showing a drop of white 
was her most effective display. 

Maybelle Courtney, a pretty dimpled 
blond, wore a most becoming good- 
looking black lace poke hat with a 
black satin afternoon dress. Flat white 
flowers, were appliqued on its velvet 
crown. A rose velvet gown -had a 
huge design on the front in black se- 
quins and a green satin had its wide 
panel back, caught up on one side of 
skirt with an ornament of pearls and 
opalesques. Del Duvall is the spright- 
ly half of a Sister team. She was cute 
and attractive in rose and green sequin 
ripple frock, and in pink and blue net, 
but wore an awful looking affair with 
black silk old lady’s jacket in the Avia- 
tion Field scene. Sister Viola, taller 
and pretty but not so full of pep, wore 
her best frock first— a blue satin with 
scalloped bottom, edged with tiny sil- 
ver flowers. For their specialty in the 
last act they were in gold net and lace 
with baby bonnets of pink and blue, 
flourishing big chous. and streamers 
of malines. The little “unknown" 
wore her bobbed hair curlbd afld tur- 
quoise mousseline de sole sleeves dnd 
drapery over a frilly skirt of various 
shades of chiffon; 

The chorus includes live, good-look- 
ing girls. Oriental costumes were a 
feature as lak year. At the opening 
they, were in maize sport silk outfits 
lengthened with little lace frills, the 
fronts splitting open showing pink 
satin bloomers. For the “Bagdad” 
number blue silk zouaves and hip drap- 
ery were combined with orange bod- 
ies arid at the finale of the first act, 
spectacular frocks of black and white 
were worn. The little girls had “lamp' 
shade” skirts edged with sequin trim- 
ming, pink bodies and bloomers with 
medalions of black lace and sequins 
and pink turban topped with loops of 
black gold-edged ribbon. The taller 
^rls had skirts of black ribbons (show- 
ing fleshings through) finished with 
big flounce of black net,. gold braid and 
tiny flowers, and wore pink hats with 
wide black ribbon running from crown 
to edge of brim. Novelty material was 
employed for finale— white silk printed 
with a design that might have been 
a flying fish in various colors. Full 
pantaloons were shirred on the sides 
finishing in a frill and spangled gir- 
dles and odd-shaped toques completed 
a rather freakish picture. 



Paul Schindler told me one time, 
while he was directing a certain mu- 
sical comedy, that he never could ap- 
preciate the work of a certain dancer ‘ 
in the show, as he had to look at her 
big prop smile every performance and 
it got on his nerves. Just so, Mae Mur- 
ray’s cameraman must be tired of 
facing pouty lips saying “prunes” and 
"prisms” and “baby stares.” “Modern 
Love” tells of a chorus girl model who 
walks the straight and narrow, without 
a temptation of any sort to stumble 
over— which doesn’t sound like the 
branld of modern love the public are 
familiar with. It is full of absurdities, 
but the greatest of all is Miss Murray’s 
attempt to play an ingenue with an 
expression that beautifully expressed 
deep interest in nothing, save her own 
personal looks. 



ANGLING FOR "PEa” • 

After announcing the purchase of 
the screen rights to “Peg O’ My Heart” 
from Oliver Morosco, Louis B. Mayer, 
manager for Anita Stewart,' is n<MV 
understood to be in negotiation with 
Hartley Manners to the same end. 

According to the story. Manners is 
now willing to release the play for 
pictures for $50,000 cash and one-half 
the profits. 

C. F. Zittel, acting for the Interna- 
tional, is also anxious to secure the 
picture rights to “Peg” for Marion 
Davies. 



ALMA RUBENS CRITICAL. 

Los Angeles, Sept. 18. 
Alma Rubens, the picture star, is 
critcally ill. Her physicians have aban- 
doned hope of her recovery. 



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GREAT ARRAY OF STAR FILMS 
TO BOOM L IBERH LOAN DRIVE 

Entire Industry Goes in Generously for Special Stunts by 
Its Principal Players to Give Coming Bond Campaign 
Much Screen Publicity — ^Picture Plao» for 
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Plans for the motion picture indus- 
try’s distribution of its pictures for the 
forthcoming Liberty Loan drive have 
been perfected. They are as fojlows: 

1. — Each company shall distribute, 
through all of its offices in the United 
States, the prints in which its own 
stars ^pear. 

2. — Prints of any subject made by a 
company o^ individual not possessing 
a distributing organization, will be 
handled by any distributing organiza- 
tion. selected by such company or in- 
dividual. 

3. — Each office of each distributing 
organization will be held strictly ac- 
countable by its Home Office for book- 
ing solid during the four weeks of the 
drive each print delivered to it. 

4. — At the conclusion of the^ drive, 

■ each branch office of eaich distributing 

organization shall immediately forward 
to its Home Office the original book- 
ing sheets showing the specific thea- 
tres and the dates for which each print 
was on exhibition, as well as_ the dates 
for which each print was in transit, 
such booking sheets to be .delivered 
by you, and by you transmitted to the 
Treasury Department. 

5. — ^No charge shall be made directly 
or indirectly to any exhibitor for the 
exhibition of any Liberty Loan prints, 
nor shall the exhibitor be asked to 
pay express charges either way. 

6. — Express charges shall be paid by 
the distributing organization ; each ex- 
change shall maintain an accurate rec- 
ord thereof, and at the conclusioh of 
the drive, forward the record, sup- 
ported by vouchers, to its Home Office 
so that the company may . be re-im- 
bursed by the Treasury Department. 

7. — ^No exhibitor shall be permitted 
to book one subject for more than one 
day, nor shall any exhibitor be per- 
mitted to obtain a repeat booking for 
any subject. 

8. — Uniform instructions shall be sent 
by the Home Office of each distribut- 
ing organization to its respective of- 
fices, such instructions to be prepared 
by your committee, and to be published 
in the trade papers. 

9. — The Government is to determine 
the number of prints to be made from 
^ach negative. 

10. — Each distributing organization 
shall determine the division of such 
prints among its respective offices, ac- 
cording to the nature of the terri- 
tories, and the number of prints re- 
quired for each. 

The features to be released are Wil- 
liam S. Hart in “A Bullet for Berlin”; 
Norma Talmadge in “A Liberty Loan 
Appeal” ; Harold Lockwood in “Liberty 
Bond Jimmy”; “Fatty” Arbuckle in “A 
, Liberty Loan Appeal”; Edith Storey in 
“Edith’s Victory for Democracy”; 
Emily Stevens in “Building for Democ- 
racy”; Mae Murray in “The Taming of 
Kaiser Bull”; Kalem’s all-star company 
in “My Country”; Sessue Hayakawa iti 
“Banzai”; (Hurrah); Wallace Reid in 
"His Extra Bit”; William Farnum in 
“A Liberty Loan Film”; George M. 
Cohan in “A Liberty Loan Appeal”; 
Corinne Griffith in “A Wise Purchase”; 
Gdldwyn’ii all-star cast m 
Sam to Play Your Hand”; Gladys Les- 
lie in “Sylvia’s Last Pledge”; Lillian 
Gish in “A Liberty Loan Appeal”; 
Dustin Farnum in “Ready Money Ring- 
field”; Elsie Ferguson in “The Spirit 
That Wins”; Charles Ray in “A Liberty 



Loan Plea”; Dorothy Dalton in **A 
Liberty Loan Appeal”; Enid Bennett 
in ”A Liberty Loan Appeal"; The Mack 
Sennett Stars in “It’s a Cinch” ; Alice 
Brady in “A Liberty Loan Appeal”; 
William Faversham in “A Liberty Loan 
Appeal”; Alice Jojrce in "The Choice”; 
Marguerite Clark in “The Biggest and 
the Littlest La<^ in the World”; Mary 
Pickford in "100 Percent American”; 
Douglas Fairbanks in “Sic ’Em, Sam”; 
George Beban in "When It Strikes 
Home"; Harry T. Morey and Betty 
Blythe in ‘The Grouch"; Earle Wil- 
liams and Oara Whipple in “A Liberty 
Loan Appeal”; William Dnncan in "The 
Decision"; Charlie Oiaplin in “The 
Bond”; Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew in 
“Financing the Fourth”; Mme. Nazi- 
mova in "A Woman of France.” 



LOAN FILMS SHOWN. 

The first showing of the Fourth Lib- 
erty Loan films was held before an 
invited audience at the Rivoli Tuesday 
morning. It was given under the direc- 
tion of the Liberty Loan Committee. 
The pictures have been made at the 
expense of, and are contributed by, 
the various picture corporations 
throughout the country. A number of 
the pictures have been donated by the 
stars themselves. They consist of 
short stories, some comic, some seri- 
ous, each carrying a plea for the Lib- 
erty Loan. The duty of the citizen to 
buy is emphasized, as well as the bene- 
fits to be derived. Some grim pictures 
are shown, illustrating just how seri- 
ous the situation is. 

There will be 40 pictures in all and 
these will be shown in all picture the- 
atres, the agencies distributing them 
free of charge. The distribution will 
be under the auspices of the National 
Committee of the Motion Picture In- 
dustry appointed to co-operate with 
the Treasury Department, j, Adolph 
Zukor is chairman. 

The use of the Rivoli was donated 
by Lieutenant Samuel Rothapfel, U. S. 
M. C. 



RE MISS YOUNG. 

Lewis J. Seiznick, president of Select, 
sent a registered letter to the trade 
papers contradicting a purported in- 
terview published in the “Trade Re- 
view,” with Harry I. Garson, in which 
the statement is made that Garson se- 
cured a contract giving to him the 
right to sell outright pictures starring 
Clara Kimball Young for a period of 
four years. 

Mr. Seiznick adds that the C. K. Y. 
Film Corporation, of which Select owns 
the entire capital stock, has an ex- 
clusive contract for the services of 
Miss Young for a period of several 
years and that Select is the exclusive 
distributor of pictures starring Miss 
Young. 



KILLED BY AUTO. 

San Francisco, Sept. 18. 

Mrs. Ruth Darling Franklin, formerly 
in pictures, 22 years old, and wife of 
Chester M. Franklin, was. crushed, and, 
killed by ah automobile as she waited 
for a street car here last week. 

Chester Franklin, now in the Ser- 
vice, was formerly a film director at 
Los Angeles. 

Mrs. Darling was a niece of Edwin 
A. Morris, manager of the Hippodrome. 



BROKERAGE CLAIM ON NARZAN.'’ 

r Harry A. Palmer is suing the Na- 
tional Film Corporation of Virginia, 
for the recovery of 500 pounds sterling, 
or $2,400 in American money, which he 
alleges he was supposed to receive as , 
brokerage fees for the disposition of 
the foreign rights to the National Film 
Corporation's feature, “Tarzan of the 
Apes.” 

According to papers ready to be 
sicpied, the National people, acting 
through Palmer, who ‘is a broker, 
agreed to concede the British rights to 
the Stoce Film Company, Ltd., tOr five 
years for 3,500 pounds sterling as in- 
itial part payment, with the under- 
standing the Stoce people were to dis- 
tribute the film, as many prints as . 
necessary, to all theatres possible with- 
in the United Kingdom. 

The Stoce interests were to keep the 
first ILOOO pounds, gained as revenue 
from the film. All moneys derived af- 
ter that for the rental of “Tarzan” to 
exhibitors within the United Kingdom, 
were to be equally divided between the 
producin^r firm, the National and the 
distributing firm, the Stoce people. 

It appears that after Palmer had 
gone to all this trouble in arranging 
terms, the National interests unexpec- 
tedly obtained a better offer from an- 
other British distributing firm, and 
called this former arrangement off. 

Palmer, however, claims his broker- 
age fee, Oft the ground of services ren- 
dered and no value received. The case 
comes up next month. 



CHICAGO’S PATRIOTIC FILMS. 

Chicago, Sept. 18. 

Chicago is full up these days w'th 
official and semi-official patriotic pic- 
tures, and the business they are doing 
is an indication of the city’s temper. 

Among the patriotic films are "Ame- 
rica’s Answer,” “Crashing Through to 
Berlin.” “Why America Will Win,® “To 
Hell Wth the Kaiser," "Joan of Platts- 
burg,” “My Own United States,” “Over 
the Top,” “For the Freedom of the 
World,” The Beast of Berlin” and 
others. 



SUING FOR SHARE OF PROFITS. 

Edward Qark’s suit against Arthur 
Hammerstein and the Advance Motion 
Picture Corporation comes up for trial 
within a fortnight. 

Through his counsel, Nathan Burkan, 
the plaintiff asserts that according to 
contracts signed last year, he, as the 
author, had half interest in the picture 

I-"*® Annie," 
which Hammerstein sold, but for which 
he only paid the author $1,500, but a 
small portion of all the monies that 
Hammerstein received for the picture 
rights. 

With the release of the film— which 
Md Norma Talmadge in the title role— 
Hammerstein, as owner of. the world 
rights, sold the picture rights to the 
Advance people, receiving a percentage 
royalty for them. 

Edward Clark, the author, signed a 
contract with Hammerstein who orig- 
inally produced it onihe stage, whfere- 
by during the course of the legitimate 
version, the plaintiff was to receive as 
royalties, the 5 per cent, on the first 
$5,000, 754 per cent, on the next $2,000, 
etc. Under the picture rights is was 
agreed the author was to have one-half 
interest 

DRILLING USHERS. 

, Chicago, Sept 18. 

The military idea has spread to the 
picture theatre. Witji the opening of 
the new Riviera, there will be engaged 
a cprp of ushers who will be attired 
in full military regalia, and who will 
salute, patrons as they uslier them to 
seats. 

^ In order that the thing may be done 
right, Lieut W. E. Howett has been 
engaged to drill the young women so 
that they may conduct themselves with 
precision and in accordance with mili- 
tary tactics. ' 



LAEMHLKTAKES SYMPHONY. 

_ The Symphony theatre in the former 
ice rinlc of Thoxnas Healy*s restaurant 
at Broadway and 9Sth street; has been 
taken over by Carl Laemmle, on a 
H);50 percentage plan with Mr. Healy. 

Mr. Laetnmle (Universal) is to con- 
duct the house, playing Paramount the 
first half and Bluebird (Universal) the 
second half. Bluebird is reported re- 
wiving $KK) weekly for its feature. M. 
Kashim, manager of the Broadway for 
the Universal will be shifted to the up- 
town place. The Symphony is due to 
ojpen under the new arrangement very 

Mr. Laemmle expected to start on a 
trip to the Coast this week. 

The Symphony was opened during 
the summer as a' picture theafre but a 
few weeks later closed. 

The Broadway is to remain under the 
direction of the Laemmle Interests for 
the winter, according to picture book- 
ing plans laid out in the Laemmle of- 
fice. . 

Shortly the U’a big eight-reeled war 
subject, “The Yellow Dog” is expected 
to open there for a month’s stay, while 
Rawlinsrbn feature, “Kiss 
Of underlined for a fort-v 

night’s exhibition at that house. 



HRS. PICKFORD DUE HERE. 

Mary Pickford’s mother is on her 
way east from the Coast and is ex- 
pected to arrive in New York tomorrow 
(Saturday). When here she will enter 
into a conference with the First Na- 
tional relative to the pending contract 
of her daughter, Mary, with that or- 
ganization, for future film services. 

One of the important members of the 
First National Said this week its con- 
tract with Miss Pickford had not been 
closed, and he would not be surprised 
to find that ultimately Mary would re- 
main with Paramount, 



FLAG DAY OBSERVED. 

_ In the observance of “Star Spangled 
Banner Day” throughout the picture 
houses of ^ew York and Brooklyn, the 
N. A. M.^ P. I. lent whatever assistance 
it could in making the commemoration 
as big a success as possible. 

> The Mayor’s Committee on National 
Defense set September 14 as the day 
and ^ every picture . house had special 
music, with Singers leading the audi- 
ence. Slides made so that the words 
of the verses and chorus were impress- 
lonably cast upon the screen. 



U. S. HOLDS UP FILM SHIPMENTS. 

The Brazilian shipments of film by 
the Universal have been held up by 
the Department of Justice, the manager 
in charge of the Brazilian office, being 
charged with pro-Germanism. 

Some time previous to the war the 
U had a German in charge, but later 
placed a man of Irish extraction in 
command of the office. 

Now the Department has notified the 
U that no more film can be shipped 
until a new man is engaged to handle 
the Brazilian business. The U has 
asked the U. S. to get it some American 
now in Rio. 



Billy Burka in "Annaballa.” 

Paramount has purchased from 
Arthur Hopkins the picture rights to 
Clare Kummer’s “Good Gracious Ah- 
nabelle," which will be used for Billie 
Burke. 



Irving Directing “Sliver King.” 

George Irving has returned to Para- 
mount and is directing “The Silver 
Kmg," starring William Faversham. 
Barbara Castleton is -the leading lady. 

LAwrence O. H. Opens With Pictures. 

Lowell, Mass., Sept. 18. 
After being closed for ten months, 
the Lawrence Opera House has been 
opened under the management of A1 
Haynes. Pictures will be shown for 
the present. 



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FILM MEN HAVE LITTLE HOPE 
NEW TAX WILL BE REDUCED 

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Picture Industry Association Presents Objections to Pro- 
posed Increase — ^Tax Makers Say Picture Manu- 
facture Is Very Profitable If Fabulous 
Salaries Are Paid to Stars. 



Washington, Sept, 18. 

When representatives of the motion 
picture industry appeared before the 
Finance Committee to protest against 
the proposed increase of the amuse- 
ment tax this week they found the 
committee “loaded for bear.” Hardly 
had the discussion opened before Sen- 
ator Thomas of Colorado, a member 
of the Finance Committee, broke in 
with a question asking if it was true 
that Anita Stewart was receiving $3,500 
a week, which was followed by in-„ 
quiries regarding the salaries of Mary 
Pickford, Chaplin, Fairbanks and 
others. The whole thing looked as if 
the committee was antagonistic and 
disposed to rule in favor of the i>ro- 
posed increase. The representatives 
of the picture industry were allotted 
a limited time and before they were 
half through a number of the commit- 
tee left the meeting. 

The Finance Committee feels, it is 
asserted, that with the inauguration of 
the present amusement tax of 10 per 
cent, on admissions, some theatre 
managers, including picture exhibitors, 
resorted to “profiteering” by raising 
their prices, so that, instead of the 
tax proving a hardship it had the 
effect of increasing their revenue. 
Several legitimate mana'gements had 
also increased their $2 scale to $2.50 
following the first tax. 

The House is considering the new 
tax bill as a whole and the impression 
is current it will be passed as framed 
as far as theatricals are in it. After 
that is done a Conference Committee 
will consider various appeals for modi- 
fication. 

CREEL’S EXPOSITION OPINION. 

Responding to a wire of inquiry re- 
garding his attitude toward the pro- 
posed motion picture exposition at 
Madison Square Garden, George Creel, 
chairman of the Committee on Public 
Information, said: 

is that where ex- 
positions can be made to take the 
form of patriotic rallies or meetings 
for the purpose of devising ways for 
co-operation with the Government in 
war work, they should be encouraged 
rather than discouraged.” 



The United States Fuel Administra- 
tion has taken space at the Garden 
exposition, to be held Oct. 5-13. P. B. 
Noyes, head of the conservation divis- 
ion of the Fuel Administration, says 
the exposition has the hearty endorse- 
ment of the Fuel Administration, as it 
is held early in October when no heat 
will be required and those taking ex- 
hibits are mostly located in or around 
New York, making no heavy demandTs 
on the railroads for transportation. 

Joseph Johnson, publicity director 
for the Red Cross, is also understood 
to have expressed himself in favor of 
the exposition. 

‘WESTERN STUFF” NEXT WEEK. 

“Western” features will be in evi- 
dence on Broadway next week when 
Fred Stone’s first film will be at the 
Strand and Will Rogers’ initial camera 
debut is offered at the Rivoli. 

Stone’s is a Paramount production 
and Rogers’ is from the Goldwyn 
stable. 

FILM THIEVES INDICTED. 

There is renewed activity on the part 
of the . members of the Distributors’ 
Division of the N. A. M. P, I. toward 
the complete stoppage of film thefts 
within the ranks of the Industry, the 
distributors now lending every effort 
in conjunction with the District At- 
torney's office, which is out to bring 
the thieves who have been operating 
vigorously of late to justice. 

. Assistant District Attorney Tally is 
personally looking after the film cases. 
Tally in the past three or four weeks 
has brought to trial some of the gang 
leaders v/ho have been most active for 
some time past. 

Their arrest and subsequent indict- 
ment has resulted in confessions. which 
have given the District Attorney 
some valuable information that may 
lead to other arrests. 



FILM LAWYER IN WASHINGTON. 

Grant Carpenter, an attorney of this 
city, has left for Washington, where 
he will establish headquarters, it is said, 
to represent the United Picture Pro- 
ducers of California in legislative mat- 
ters affecting film inter ests. 



STANLEY CO. DECISION. 

The Federal Trade Commission in 
Washingfton Monday ordered the 
Stanley Booking Corporation to re- 
frain from forcing film producers and 
theatres to deal with each other 
through the Stanley company. 

It is a decision of irhportance to the 
picture industry and establishes a pre- 
cedent that will affect more or less 
similar exchanges throughout the 
country. 

The specific classes in the restrain- 
ing order are : 

Procuring the cancellation of con- 
tracts for the exhibition of moving- 
picture films made between its com- 
petitors, and the producers: 

Procuring films which have been 
announced for exhibition by its com- 
petitors and exhibiting them in the 
same neighborhood in advance of the 
• date advertised by such competitors, 
to hinder, harass and embarrass com- 
petitors ; 

Making contracts for films on the 
condition or understanding that the 
lessee or purchaser shall not use 
films produced by a competitor; 

Making threats and employing 
methods of intimidation to compel 
theatres to pay commissions on films 
booked directly from the producer or 
film exchanges; 

Making threats against independ- 
ent exhibitors that unless they book 
through the agency their supply of 
films will be cut off, and 

Threatening producers and film ex- 
changes with the withdrawal of pat- 
ronage in order to induce them to 
cease supplying certain of their com- 
petitors with films. 

WOMEN “SALESMEN.” 

If the new draft makes the inroads 
on the ranks of the picture salesmen 
and exchange men as some of the 
know-alls predict, it means the substi- 
tution of women to handle the films. 

The head of a big local picture com- 
pany said that the male forces had 
been sjj diminished by the first draft 
that tjiere was little left for the_ new 
draft to call. But if what’s left is in- 
ducted into service, then the company 
heads will try out women and if they 
prove successful are bound to have 
good employment, but hard work that 
will last until after the war anyway. 

It would not surprise the picture 
world if women selling the states 
rights subjects appeared on the road 
within the next few months. Women 
drummers are no longer a novelty but 
a determined successful proposition 
that will be applied to film selling be- 
fore many more months have passed. 

MORE FOR NEW CHAPLIN. 

The exhibitors of the United States 
are going to pay more money for the 
latest Charles Chaplin features, “Shoul- 
der Arms” than any previous subject, 
the forthcoming film to exceed any 
previous picture^ 



PICTURES IN PARIS. 

Paris, Aug. 29. 

A new picture^ company, under the 
name of Messidor, has just been 
founded in France by Lucien Lehmann, 
who will act as director. The first 
film released will be “Messidor,” being 
episodes of the French revolution. 

A member of the Swedish House of 
Congress has filed a petition for. sub- 
ventioning the cinematographs in his 
country, so that pictures may.be reg- 
ularly shown in small places for the 
amusement of the villagers. It is- 
hoped thus to curtail the emigration 
of the rural population which has not 
sufficient amusement. There is already 
a picture house in Sweden for every 
10,000 inhabitants. In that country ac- 
tors, connected with the legitimate 
theatres, are not permitted to appear* 
for photo work, and special players are 
alone engaged in the picture industry. 

The English language is becoming a 
popular study' in France, and lessons 
are now included in the programs at 
some of the Paris picture palaces. 
Among the week’s events shown on the 
screen a conversation between two 
soldiers is a feature, the Englishman 
explaining to a poilu how he should 
pronounce certain words. The public 
get on to the phrases and mentally re- 
tain them, thus acquiring a rudi- 
mentary idea of the vernacular. 



THEDA BARA ILL. 

Los Angeles, Sept. 18. 

Theda Bara has developed an illness 
while here and may have to remain on 
the Coast for some little while. Her. 
condition is said to have alarmed her 
friends. 

Miss Bara’s proposed return to the 
east has been indefinitely postponed. 

Unionizing Studios Proceeding. 

Los Angeles, Sept. 18. 

The unionization of the studios here 
has progressed most favorably, with 
only one or two cases yet to be settled 
by the I. A. T. S. E. which is directing 
the geheral movement in behalf of the 
local affiliations, with Les Dolliver, As- 
sistant International President, per- 
. sdnally handling the matter. 

Union Orchestra at 44th St. 

As a result of a pending amicable 
settlement of the local union trouble 
with the William Fox offices and that 
an understanding has practically been 
reached a union orchestra and stage 
crew will be used at the 44th Street 
theatre when Fox opens the New York 
exhibition there of the Theda Bara 
feature, "Salome,” Oct. 6. 

“Salome” was to have opened some 
weeks ago at the Casino, but trouble 
with the unions called the opening off. 

No date has been set on the Chicago 
exhibition of “Salome,” but it will 
probably be around the holidays. 



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The Acme ot V«rBatlIi»y 



Direction, MARSHAL FOCH 



.CK 
TERRY 

(TERRY and LAMBERT) 

H«ap side plenty busy 

Phone, 9400 Bryant 



AUSTRALIA 

"A DeseriptiTe Narrative” (Continued) 

By 

MAE ESTELLE 

AUBREY & RICHE 

Very dear to our hearts are. the bravo latU coming 
home, for there are some lu(^ odm who are re* 
turned They have a smile and deem themselves 
among the fortunate. But many are without llmlm, 
blind, cripples for Ufa How they are welcomed; 
Streets are draped with the triple alllanoe; crowds 
cheer and throw flowers In their path; the wild 
"coo-eo," tiio native bush caU, Alls the air, and 
smUes and tears mean welcome. Three ahihloads 
arrived during our two weeks In Mdboume— the heat 
boys of the country. 

tniera are many lads In the streets who have never 
enUsted, although recruiting depots ate numerous. 
This Is the lamentable result of non-consctlptlon. 

(Finis.) 



FRANCIS 



AND 



WILSON 

IN A VARIFTY OF DOINGS 

BOOKED 80UD 

Direction, SAMUEL BAERWITZ 






Makins the World Safe for Agents 

Why Aotors are more InteUlgent than Agents: 

An agent takes one hour to explain to an act 
why he does not go next week, but an actor explains 
the same thing to his wife by using one word In 
Russian; 

'SOLOFF-.- 

.^Wlmn agents were made essentials, a dentist in 
the Putnam Building claimed ho came under that 
, ruling hocauso his jiame was 

STAHL 

Nathan Sabloskey, brother of the Philadelphia 
theatrical magnate, wishing a furlough, told bis 
Captain that a brother who was bom blind had Just 
reoovorod his sight wd wanted to 8EE HIM. 



If yon woro to steal a 
camera, wenld the film 



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BILLY 

BEARD 

‘“The Party from 
(he Soutli'*' 



Sept, 16->Garrleli, Wllminsfoh, Del. 
Sept.’ 2S— Maryland, Baltlmbre, Hd. 
4nd 12 more weeks of the Keith 
time to foUow; and Oien for the 
Qrpheum time) Jan. 5.: 

pAUL and MAE 

NOLAN 

Booked by those two fameas/ 
Philadelphia Agents: 

NORMAN JEFFERIES 
FRANK DONNELLY 



FRED DUPREZ 




Representatires : 

American: 
SAM BAERWITZ 
1493 Broadway, 
Now York. 

European: 
JULIAN WYLIE 
6, Lisle St, 
London, W. C., 2. 



Never i^ste time on gunpowder 
that has been once shot off. 



DOLLY 



BERT 



8»t. 16— Htsiiodreiiia YomruMowa; 0. 

™ TMeda O. ' 

I “ «»— fiagnm, Qin^ Reehls 
(hA 7— O^mlal, Afecm. O. 

" 14— Hlpti^remtk deMaed 
“ 21— Sm's, Bsgalo 
" ^-ssm'e, Toronto 
Mmi. 4— Open 

Wmh fiw. II, esso ea the arshetna (UraaK m 
MllosBlim satll May 4 at New Oitmaa. 

; JIM and' klAiaAN' ' 

HARKINS 




Wizard of the Harp 




ClreaUo 



Prologue 



(Marooned on an Island for a Week- 
end— A Sailor’s Saturday Night Sup- 
per consisted of a Heaping platter 
of Beans— .) 

FARMER: 

We believe in a small “Breakfast,” 
Light Lunch, but a big Supper I 

SAILOR: 

Ye Gods! “Beenze.” 

FARMER: 

I suppose you Boys git Beans ’offeii’ 
at the station. We only have ’em 
'twice a year I 

SAILOR: 

I know— Tonight and tomorrow morn- 
ing;— What time does the next Boat 
leave? — 




Loew 

Cirenit. 



GIBSON and HALL 

Direction 

MARK LEVY 



BILLY 



BUNNY 



BURCH 

BOOKED SOLID 






ZUHN and DREIS 

BOOKED SOLID. 40 WEEKS BLANKET CONTRACT 

LOEW AND PANTAGES Direction, IRVING COOPER 



POLLY 0Z\ CHICK 






I’ve never known a 
dog to wnr 
Ills tall In glee be 
didn't feel. 

Nor cult hli old time 
friend to tag 
At eomo mote InSu* 
■ onUal heel. , 

Tho yellowest dog I 
ever know 

Was to tho boy who 
loved him tnna 



“SICK’EM DRAFT” 

iroung man, 21, desltce place with cither vaudo* 
vlllc or movies. No ex|)otlenGe; can sing. Five years 
a painter. WIU come cheap. JOHNNIB TOWNBB. 

APPL’SAOCE 

Chris.— I saw you out drlvlng yeaterday with a 
Himbcrt chorus girl. You looked as if yon only had 
one ann. 

Bob.— I have two ahns all right. You see the 
other ann wos around Somewhere. ' 

Chris.— How much will you charge to drive. Lucky 
ami Yost and yours truly to tho dopott Bay it QUickI 

Bob.— Six doHorsI 

Chris.— You said it too qult^. Yoiir flivver has 
been acting strangely: what’s tho matter with It 
nowf ■ 

Bob.— Yes, It has Stopped I don't know how many 
times. .. 

Chris.— And what are you putting the oil on It fort 

Bob.— To stop It from Btopplng. • 

Chris.— Hey I Bob alow down to 00 mileo an hoar, 
tliero’a a traffio OOP aheadl • ■ 

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KNAPP and CORNALLA 



’’ 'and ' - ' 
MAIDIE 



IN "OVER THE PHOI®’ 

Call 

CHAS. BIEBBAIffiB 

BBTANT S« 

Sept, 16— OoRitnlon, Ottawa, Can. 
Sept. 23— Lyrio, Hamilton, Can. 



JOHN P. HANSEN 



Prraenta 



JAamiiET 



AND CO. 



«A NIGHT IN JUNE” 

A MUSICAL FANTASY 
A Breath from the Land of Dreams 

Direction, HUGHES and SMITH 



I like tho rainy daya the 
best, 

‘Cuusc then, although 
I’m poorly dressed, 

P'or all tliat anybody 
knows, 

I’m dressed that way to 
save my clothes. 



CUTE 



CLEVER 



CLASSY 



BRENDE - BERT 

“Waiting" for Hejr” 

Direction, BU BABT MeUUQB 



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Sole RepresentatiTs for thto Old Soldier 



JOSm O’MEERS 

The bainty BnglUh Wire Artist 

Direction, M. S. BENTHAM 



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VOL. LII, No. 5 



NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1918 



MARCUS LOEW AND PANTAGES 



Pantages Circuit’s New York Repiresentation Will Withdraw 
from Loew Booking Office hy Oct. 15. ^.oew 
Finds No Benefit in Connection. 

Bookings Only Affected. 



By Oct. IS the Pantages Circuit 
booking representation in the Marcus 
Loew, New York, will be a thing of 
the past. It was reported this week, 
and not denied, that the Loew Circuit 
had informed Alexander Pantages no . 
space could be oro^d ded in the Loew 
office for theJPatrtages representative 
after thajxlate. 

I^lfw F. Keefe represents Pantages 
in New York, in the Loew suite. It is 
probable Mr. Keefe will leave the 
Loew offices at the same time. Carl 
Milligan, Mr. Pantages’ personal rep- 
resentative, also located in the Pan- 
tages office i the Loew agency, will 
move to Pantages' nevv New York ad- 
dress. 

The arrangement between Loew and 
Pantages, in effect about three years, 
was for bpokings only. It was an ar- 
rangemenTexpected at the time effect- 
ed to work for. the benefit of both cir- 
cuits, through the added bookings it 
would give on a consecutive route, 
covering the Pantages houses in the 
west along with the Loew time. In 
addition Keefe also booked the Miles 
houses, with the Jones, Linick & 
Schaeffer theatres in Chicago looked 
upon as attached to the Loew Cir- 
cuit. 

It has been well understood among 
the booking people for some time that 
any advantage resulting from the dual 
booking arrangement rested with Pan- 
tages. He secured “Loew acts” 
through those acts receiving eastern 
and western time, eastern particularly. 
While Pantages could secure the acts 
at a price by reason of this, Loew in- 
varislbly had to pay close to the Pan- 
tages salary, if a turn played both 
circuits. That amount often was more 
than .Loew, with his own 30 week's 
(most^ of short jumps especially in 
New York and New England) .could 
have secured the acts for, without the 
Pantages connection. 

It has also been said that Pantages 
often irritated the Loew bookers with 
his dilatory methods. Pantages per- 
sonally oversees about everything 



there. is in connection with his circuit. 
Located in Seattle, Pantages, who has 
been in New York but once since book- 
ing through the Loew office, was too 
far away for a quick decision in any 
matter. He has been reported holding 
up Loew office bookings at ' tirnes 
through his negligence in replying- 
when quick action was required. 

James C. Matthews represents Pan-- 
tages in Chicago, and is in charge :pf 
the Loew Circuit agency in that city a? 
well. What disposition will be madeV. 
of the Chicago iPantages connection 
and the Loew agency out there has 
n'ot yet been settled. 

NAMES FINEST STUDIO. 

The British Ministry of Information 
has requested of Famous Players- 
Lasky the plans of one of its American 
studids to be utilized as a model for 
the erection of a plant in England, 
for the making of propaganda pic- 
tures for the British Government. 

In response. Adolph Zukor has for- 
warded the design of the Paragon 
Studio at Fort Lee, regarded as the 
finest in this country. 

WOMAN RECRUITING OFFICER IN. 

Sergt. Marie Wing DuPree, the only 
woman recruiting officer in the Army, 
is to enter vaudeville as a propaganda 
turn, for recruitiltg. 

Sergt. DuPree has been recruiting at 
Fifth avenue and 42nd street. She 
has prepared an act and star':' with 
it next week, on United Booking 
Offices time. 

INt-LUENZA IN SHOWS. 

Chicago, Sept. 25. 

The serious epidemic of Spanish 
influenza, which has struck Chicago, 
has hit show business. 

In a number of the choruses- in town- 
several of the girls were affected. 

“Oh, Look” at the La Salle was hit 
hardest. The Misses Martin, Bennett, 
Cornell, Crawford and McLaughlin 
were forced to lettve because of tb? 
ailment. 



MONKEYING WITH POLITICS. 

There was a half-hearted attempt 
this week to form a theatre leagu^for 
the support of A1 Smith- in his cam- 
paign for the ^governorship. A meet- 
. jrtg was called Monday afternoon by 
an old friend of Smith’s,, but no one 
could be located who attended. 

The impression among showmen 
was that entering a political campaign 
as a body was “bad stuff,’’ 

One manager ventured .the opinion 
that the promoter of the meeting (also 
a manager) stayed away himself. 

The picture people are non-com- 
mittal in the coming state election.' 
The exhibitors look with favor upon - 
Whitman through his attitude in veto- 
ing the Christman-Wheeler censorship 
bill two years ago. For Whitmah^s 
last campaign D. 'W. Griffith personally 
directed a 1,000-foot picture, entitled 
“A Day W‘th Whitman.” There were 
posted in front of the picture houses 
throughout the state some_10J)00 one- 
sheets booming his candidacy. 

The exhibitors, however, will hold 
a meeting in Albany shortly, to ascer- > 
tain the attitude of the respective 
candidates toward the picture indus- 
try in this state, and while there will 
be no official endorsements of either 
candidate they will throw their sup- 
port where they believe their interests 
lie. 

BERLIN IN ACT FOR RED CROSS. 

Wednesday it looked very much as 
though Irving Berlin will appear for 
four weeks in the larger vaudeville 
theatres of New "York and Brooklyn, 
at an agreed upon amounUwith the 
managers, with Sergt. Berlin donating 
the entire amount of the salary to 
the Red Cross. . 

Several offers in the past for Berlin 
to play vaudeville never reached con- 
summation. Rose & Curtis, the agents, 
are said to be responsible for , the 
pending arrangement, with Sergt. 
Berlin having the Liberty Loan Drive 
as an incentive for his theatrical en- 
gagements at this time. 

THEATRE PLASTERERS CLOSE. 

Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 25. 

The first up-state industry to be 
closed as a result of the war is that 
of the W. H. Maltby Sons, Corning, 
N. Y., manufacturers of ornamental 
plaster work for theatres. 

The concern, which in peace time 
employed a large staff,' found it next 
to impossible to secure needed raw ma- 
terials because of priority orders in 
freight shipments which classed its 
raw materials and product as luxuries, 

Can’t best roe nor pass roe, CBAfl. ALTROFF. 



PRICB TIN ClI^TS 
ENLISTMENT ENDS CONTRACT. 

Draft and voluntary enlistment 
both sever automatically any contract. 
As soon as a man has actually been 
talcen into the service his contract is 
■;dancel($d. ' . . ■ ,'■• 

This is the opinion of Sjegbert Lew- 
in, of the. layir firm .of House, Gross- 
man &: 'Vorhaus. Should the term of 
a contract be lodger than the duration 
of the war, the contract may not be 
renewed, necessarily, upon the return 
of the individual; and should the war 
outlast the term of the cpntpSict or. 
should ehlistmerit or the draft cut a 
contract in . tvvo, there is no legal . 
ground for the renewal of either the 
whole contract or part of it after the 
war. . ■ ' 1 ■ ' A . 

A contract may not be made depend- 
ing in any way upon 'the duration of 
the war, as that is, too indefinite. 

Men living at home and doing daily 
service . such as being stationed at 
bridges or piers may continue, their 
nightly occupation as |6ng as it does 
not interfere with the work of the 
Service. This does not apply to men 
who would have to secure ^special Jib- 
erty each -night. 

LOniE PICKFORD’S VALUATION. 

Lottie Bickford, who is'^ a film stab on 
her own, aside from the sisterly rela- 
tionship to the only Mary, is looking 
favorably at vaudeville. Miss Pick- 
ford is prepared to enter it if the 
managers will pay her $2,000 weekly as 
salary. 

The managers if they have heard 
about it have expressed no opinion. 

BOSTON EPIDEMIC. 

Boston, Sept. 25. 

The theatrical and picture people 
here are very much exercised over the 
possibility the authorities may close 
all places of amusement owing to the 
epidemic of Spanish influenza. 

100 deaths were reported here the 
past week. 

BAGGAGE ACCOMMODATION. 

With the complaints of delay in the- 
atrical baggage all over the country, 
one theatrical man said this week that 
it was not surprising, since he saw, he 
was certain, at least 10,000 pieces of 
baggage in the Pennsylvania terminal. 
New York, when searching there for 
a mislaid trunk. 

UPTOIIREm . 

Camp Uptori, L. I., Sept. 25. 

The camp theatres, closed during 
the influenza scare, will reopen next 
week. 

Sept. 30 the Liberty will have “The 

Mimic World." 



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BUY BONDS 



FIVE NEW SHOWS NEXT WEEK 
IN FACE OF NEW ‘‘LOAN DRIVE” 

Broadway Has Flock of Initial (^lenings Set Duriag Inaugural 
Week of New Bond Campaign — Number of Hits 
Increase— -Five Out of Ten Shows Withdrawn 
Within Fortnight After Starting. 



The inflow of attractions temporarily 
stopped this week with being no new 
additions. No less than five new shows 
arrive next week, the starting of the 
Fourth Liberty Loan drive. 

The new crop is “Sometime” at the 
Shubert, “The Saving Grace” (Cyril 
Maude) at the Empire, “The Awaken- 
ing" (first called “The Vortex), at the 
Criterion, “Sleeping Partners” at the 
Bijou, and “Redemption” (John Barry- 
more (Tolstoi’s “The Living Corpse”) 
at the Plymouth. The 20th season for 
“Ben Hur” starts at the Lexington and 
“The Wanderer” plays a return date 
at the Manhattan. 

For this week the list of houses 
. which have gone dark increased to 
six, “Over There” stopping at the Ful- 
ton and “Another Man’s Shoes” bow- 
ing out of the 39th Street. This week 
“One of Us” at the Bijou departs, as 
does “Mr. Barnum” at the Criterion. 
There was some surprise that the Jack 
Lait show was not given a Chicago 
booking. Instead “Watch Your 
Neighbor” now at the Booth is soon to 
be sent to the windy burg. “One of 
Us” may follow it there late in the 
. season. The next attraction at the 
Fulton will be “A Stitch in Time,” 
which will have Irene Fenwick starred. 
This piece tried out last spring by 
Oliver Bailey and it received favor- 
able reports. 

The number of hits on Broadway has 
increased with “Friendly Enemies” and 
“Three" Faces East’’ doing a turnaway. 
Also regarded in the hit class are 
“Head Over Heels” (personal for 
Mitzi Hajos), “An Ideal Husband,” 
“The Unknown Purple” ($13,000 last 
week), “The Girl Behind the Gun” and 
“Daddies” (looked on as a Belasco 
score), with heavy business down- 
stairs, but nothing in the gallery. 

The successses are hogging business 
■while many of the other new attrac- 
tions are doing badly. Some, how- 
ever, are drawing well, including “Tea 
for Three,” “Fiddlers Three,” "Keep 
Her Smiling” and “Under Orders,” 
with “Forever After” and “The “Walk- 
offs” turning a profit, while the Hip- 
podrome continues to bigger business 
than last year. 

No less than five of the top attrac- 
tions opening the week of Sept. 9 are 
now off or will be by the end of the 
week, the average run of the five being 
a little over a week. 

BOXING BOUTS IN RINK. 

■ . Paris, Sept. 25. 

The Palais Glace skating rink has 
been taken by the American Athletic 
Committee for boxing bouts for four 
months, with an option of two months’ 
renewal, commencing Oct. IS, 

Bouts will be held every Tuesday. 

LONDON BUSINESS SPLENDID. 

. . London, Sept. 25. 

Theatrical business continues to 
climb with the good news of the war, 
and it is splendid everywhere. 

EUGENE STRATTON, DEAD. 

London, Sept. 25. 

:^i!,ugene' Stratton died- Se'pt.' iSj' -aged''"" 

REVIE^ IN PARIS. 

■a .. Paris, Sept. 25. 

r presenting “The Follies 

c* Marigny, opening 

Sept. 24, lyrics by Fred Caryll, music 



arranged by Louis Hillier, under the 
French management of Haymann, 
with Howard Fields, Fabiens, Ella 
Kearner, Pearly Mitchell’s Jazz Band, 
etc. 

Admission to the orchestra is $4.00, 
balcony $2.00, promenade $L0O. 

“AFTER THE WAR” IN LONDON. 

London, Sept. 25. 

. Gertrude Jenning’s three-act play, 
"After the War,” presented by the 
Liverpool Repertory Co., comes to the 
Playhouse this week. 

The company includes Dorothy 
Green, Dora Gregory, Doris Lloyd, 

qNA PALERME. MANAGERESS.- ■ 

, London, Sept. 25. 
Gina Palerme, a French actress, for- 
merly popular at the Palace and Adel- 
phi, is entering managepient at the 
conclusion of “The Man from Toronto” 
at the Duke of York’s, presenting there 
a musical play. 

COMPOSER LIZA LEHMANN DIES. 

London, Sept. 25. 

Liza Lehmann, distinguished singing 
teacher and composer, is dead. 

Starring Gaby at Maraeillea. 

Paris, Sept. 25. 

Volterra and Sandberg are opening 
the Casino at Marseilles, formerly the 
Chatelet, early in October with a re- 
vue, starring Gaby Deslys, who has 
fully recovered from her recent auto 
accident. 

Frank Jay Gould’s Wife Asks Divorce. 

Paris, Sept. 25. 

The wife of Frank Jay Gould has 
commenced proceedings for divorce 
before the Tribunal at Versailles. 

Claude Golden at Olympia, Paris. 

Paris, Sept. -25. 

Claude Golden, card manipulator, 
opened nicely at the Olympia. 

Palace’s Sunday American Show. 

London, Sept. 25. 

The^ Palace Sunday program for the 
American soldiers for Sept. 22 was 
provided" by the Beecham Opera Co., 
Sir Thomas Beechani conducting. 

Elsie^ Janis introduced the Jazz mu- 
sic from “Hullo America,” which is to 
be produced tonight (Sept. 25). 



SACKS, LTDn PAYS DIVIDEND. 

London, Sept. 25. 

J. L. Sacks and William J. Wilson 
have sailed. “The Lilac Domino,” 
"Going Up,” and “Shanghai,” plays 
they are interested in, are playing to 
capacity. 

J. L. Sacks, Ltd., actually in exist- 
ence only since February, has declared 
a ten per ceht. dividend for the first 
year. 

The directors entertained the princi- 
pals of the three productions at lunch 
at the Criterion restaurant, to wish 
the travelers bon voyage. Both re- 
ceived valuable souvenirs from the 
artists. Mr. Wilson is exceedingly 
popular over here. He is an Amer- 
ican. 

“ROXANA,” SLIM FARCE. 

London, Sept. 25. 

“Roxana” was produced at the Lyric 
Sept. 18. It is an attenuated farce, 
with a poor characterization for Doris 
Keane, who, however, was accorded a 
rousing reception. She is well sup- 
ported by Athene Taylor and Basil 
Sydney. 

“OFFICERS MESS,” A HIT. 

London, Sept. 25. 

Andre Chariot’s production of “The 
Officers Mess,” presented at Plymouth 
last week, is a big success and will be 
brought into the West End, London, 
shortly. 

GEO. GRAVES MARRIES. 

London, Sept. 25. 

George Graves, comedian, was mar- 
ried Sept. 19 at Liverpool, to Madge 
Compton, actress. 

Jimmy Godden Leading “Hotek Potch” 
London, Sept. 25. 

At New Cross Empire, Jimmy God- 
den succeeded Fred Kitchen in the 
lead of “Hotch Potch.” 

“Purple Mask” Changes House. 

London, Sept. 25. 

“The Purple Mask” at Prince’s, 
.transferred from the Lyric, is doing 
well. 

“Eyes of Youth” Improved. 

London, Sept. 25. 

A new scene has been introduced in 
the third act of “Eyes of Youth” at 
the St. James, improving the love in- 
terest. 

Mary Forbes in "Fair and Warmer.” 

London, Sept. 25. 

Mary Forbes has replaced Mar- 
garet Holston in “Fair and Warmer” 
at the Prince of Wales. 

Laurence Leyton has joined the cast. 

Mrs. Campbell pn Provincial Tour. 

London,’ Sept. 25. 

Mrs'. Patrick Campbell is playing 
her original part in “The Thirteenth 
Chair” for a short provincial tour. 



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following endorsement: 

Tills was done by a Buck Private and, sorry to say, he’s missing now. It’s the war ’’ 



IN PARIS. 

Paris, Sept. 19. 

I A. Franck will present shortly at the 
Theatre Edouard VII another operetta 
by F, Gandera and Mouezy-Eon, music 
by Moreau-Faivre, on the story of 
Daphnic and ChloA 

In October Mme. Rejane wiifi pro- 
duce the new 2-act piece by Henry Ba- 
■ taille, Notre 'Image, the rehearsals of 
which were interrupted last season. Re- 
jane wiir appear supported by Felix 
Huguenet and Jane Renouardt Mar- 
guerite Caron and Armand Bour may 
also be in the cast It is not a war 
play. 

The Coliseum, Lisbon (Portugal) is 
now giving only pictures. This is there- 
fore the largest movies house in the 
world, having 10,000 capacity. 

Irene Franklin and Burt Greene, with 
the others jjf the Over There League, 
Corinne Frances and Tony Hunting, 
are at i>resent entertaining troops in 
Paris, prior to visiting the camps. “Red- 
head,” by Mrs. Greene, is hugely ap- 
preciated. 

^ Another number offered the boys un- 
der the auspices 'of the Y. M. C A. is 
Harry Abner, with the laugh barrage. 
Harry Lauder has arranged to visit the 

American troops in France shortly, his 
tour towards the trenches being 
mapped out by the Y. M. C. A. . Lauder 
hopes to give several shows each day 
during the week he is in France. 

L. Volterra is busy with the new 
revue rehearsing for the Casiho de 
Paris, due next month. There appears 
to be a sort of reciprocal barring clause 
now in vogue between the establish- 
ments managed by R. Baratta (Olyna- 
pia and Folies Bergere), and those run 
by Volterra. 

Hugh McIntosh was in Paris this 
week. 

IN LONDON. 

T . . London, Sept. 9. 

Loins N. Parker has virtually com- 
pleted his great pageant, designed to 
celebrate Arthur Colling’s 21 years 
management ^f Drury Lane Theatre. 

In ten scenes it will give a complete 
history of the theatre, the first scene 
taking place igi Charles the IPs reign, 
introducing King Charles, Kelligrew, 
Samuel Pepys and Chaffinch, the last 
concludes with a scene from 
“The Best of Luck” 1916. The per- ' 
formance takes place on the afternoon 
of Sept. 27, the proceeds being given 
to charities. 

The Royal Victoria Hall— otherwise 
Vic— reopens Sept. 28, with 
The Merchant of Venice.” The lOOth 
birthday of the Old Vic will be cele- 
brated in October with a gala per- 
formance. This theatre is doing excel- • 
lent work presenting Shakespearean 
plays and grand operas at popular 
prices. - 

Martin Henry, whose successful pro- 
duction, “You Never Know, Y’ Know," 
has passed its ^lOOth performance at 
the Criterion, is preparing "musical ■ 
play versions of the enormously suc- 
cessful French-born farces “The Glad- i 
Eyie’’ and “A Night Out.” 

H. V. Esmond, whose play, “A Law ^ 
Divine,’ is proving a success, at Wynd-' " ' 
hams, has written two new plays 
which may be expected shortly to be 

bools of Nature,” the other "Love and 
the Man.” Both have been presented 
in America. 

. Musical • Comedy Opening : Apollo, 

,r , .... Paris, Sept. 25. 

volterra will shortly open the Apollo • 
With a musical comedy, "Reine Joy- 
euse.” . 



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HEAVY SEASON IMPENDING 

IN NEW YORK ROOF SHOWS 

“Frolic” May Go on Road, Succeeded by Another Production. 
Century Putting on New Show in Month. 

Minstrel First Part Feature of 44th 
StrcePs New Policy. 



Flo Zeigfeld’s current “Midnight 
Frolic/' in the Amsterdam Roof, may 
be sent out as a regular road attrac- 
tion on Klaw & Erlanger bookings 
about Nov. 1, at which time it will be 
succeeded on the Roof by a new pro- 
duction; ' 

It has not "been settled whether Bert 
Williams will accompany the “Frolic” 
on the road. The present show will be 
used as a basis for the traveling at- 
traction, to be augmented through the 
introduction of novelties from former 
“Frolic” productions. There may _be a 
“cabaret” set to the performance;, for 
the easier introduction of specialties. 

The “Frolic” did a capacity business 
through - the summer and/Vthe warm 
weather proved the Amsterdam Roof’s 
best season. . During the hot months 
the Amsterdam downstairs had “The 
Follies,” an attraction that aided the 
attendance above after the theatre 
hour. Exactly to the contrary was the 
condition at the Century Roof, where 
the theatre was without a show, and 
the Roof in a bad drawing location had 
td struggle along as best it could until 
the house below started. As a conse- 
quence Morris Gest, who is about the 
sole operator of the Century Roof, lost 
money over the summer, but is regain- 
ing it in part at present. 

The Century will produce another 
roof show in four weeks. Of the pres- 
ent company there about the only one 
certain just now^ of retention for The 
next production 's Mollie King. 

The Shuberts when reopening the 
44th Street Roof with a midnight per- 
formance on the regulation order will 
have for a feature of it a minstrel first 
part. The Shuberts are preparing for 
the opening, due to take place around 
Nov. 1st. 

HOWARD 3R0S. PINCHED. 

When next Willie and Eugene How- 
ard make bets bn -a horse race or start 
any kind of an argument it will be in 
some' quiet spot where a Broadway 
cop can't see or hear. 

Last Saturday afternoon the boys 
engaged in considerable confab . about 
a certain horse or two running some- 
where on eastern tracks, the placement 
of a het being engineered in the open 
at SOth and Broadway. The Howards 
are pretty well known around that 
corner and w hennot discussmg things 
in common,' aside from horse racing, 
invariably attract friends and admirers. 

A crowd collected. With the crowd 
came a policeman who surprised the 
Howards and expostulating friends. 
The bluecoat refused to alter his mind 
and escorted them to the West 47th 
street station where the charge of 
blocking traffic was entered and the 
Howards released on $500 bail. Every- 
thing was settled later but the How- 
ards came close to missing a Winter 
Garden performance. 

DIDNT NEGLECT “KICK BACK. ” 

A check for around $30, representing 
the refund or “kick back” for adver- 
tising commission of a theatrical at- 
'■■■'''traction on"Brdad'Way''w'aS'‘'S'e'CUfed”b^^ 
the representative of the show from 
the management of the theatre whicn 
secured the "kick back.” 

It's an unprecedented incident in the- 
atrical annals, made more unusual and 
probably possible through the three 
per cent, commission refund represent- 
ing “extra advertising” for the show. 



The theatre refused to share in the 
extra advertising. The bills for it 
amounted to about $1,100. Suspecting 
the “kick back” the show’s agent made 
a demand for the returned amount, 
since the theatre had not shared, with 
the $^ check as the reward for his 
vigilance. 

LOST WEEK PAID IN FULL 

Claf-a Hovvard is looking over the 
Broadway plays this, week, with a 
check for her full salary for this week 
placed in bank Tuesday, when she 
arrived in New York. 

Miss Howard was to have played 
the Temples, Detroit and Rochester, 
this week and next. Last Saturday she 
received a wire saying that through 
some booking confusion, the two weeks 
were off. . / , 

When arriving at the United Book- 
ing Offices to learn what the confusion 
had been and stating it was no fault 
of her own. Miss Howard was pre- 
sented with the full salary check. The 
Vaudeville Managers' Protective Asso- 
ciation is investigating to place the 
blame, either upon the booking office 
or Stoker & Bierbauer, Miss Howard’s 
agents. Whoever is deemed respon- 
sible will have to make good the 
amount. 

Miss Howard was placed for .next 
week, to fill in the Rochester mistake, 
and then resumes her regular U. B. O. 
route. 

“ALMA” NOW AN ACT. 

“Alma, Where Do 'You Live?” in 
condensed form by Milton and Sar- 
gent Aborn, with the original book 
lyrics and music; is set for vaudeville. 

In the cast are Florence McKensie, 
Bertha Whiting, James McEllhearn, 
Oliver C. Reese, George O’Donnell, 
Lee Doddy. 

The act is booked direct and is a 
Palace theatre possibity for next week. 

“4 HUSBANDS? FINE SHOW, 

“The Four Husbands,” _ formerly 
known as a vaudeville tabloid act, has 
been stretched into a two-hour show 
under the direction of Sullivan & 
Buckley. It plays the Klaw & Er- 
langer theatres, opening at the Lyric, 
Allegheny, Oct. 4. 

BOSTON SPECULATOR FINED. 

Boston, Sept. 2S. 

Keith’s Boston, has again taken up 
' the cudgel against ticket speculating 
with its coupons. Monday Fred Apt, 
a local spec., was fined $20. ' 

TWO ENTERTAINERS LEAVE. 

Two more entertainers have sailed 
under the direction of the Over-There 
League and Y. M. C. A. They are 
Marian Schaeffer, singer, and Marian 
Dana, pianist. 

They will appear as a unit, though 
without specific title. 

This increases the official total of 
entertainers sent over by the League 

Jean Gait Vaudevilling. 

Jean Gail, recently in pictures, has 
a new^act entitled “The Loot,” de- 
scribed as a melodramatic comedy, by 
Martha Oakland .and Edward Baker. 

Gordon & Lewis are the booking re- 
presentatives. 



WILD OVER VOUmTEER SHOW. 

France, Sept 1. 

Editor VAMBTr; 

Knowing always that you are await- 
iing real good scandal or as they used 
ito say before the draft, here's real 
(dirt, i.e. To-night, in one of the dirti- 
est worse lighted theatres that Lever 
Ihave liad the good fortune to be in, 
3 vwiitnessed the cleanest and most 
•swonderful performance there is or 
(ever will be. I saw like in a dream the 
IPalace Theatre, a real ten francs ($2) 
(Show and it brought me back to 
Broadway and 47th street. 

Gee, I could just feel myself grab- 
Ibing two glasses of Keith’s lemonade. 
iMiss Mayo and her associates certain- 
ly brought Broadway as near to 
iFrance as it ever can be done. If it 
(Only did the other boys as much good 
.-as it did me. Well, we will be in 
(Germany damn soon. 

Tommy Gray is the only Dough 
Boy that can put the real snap in a 
isalute. It would do your heart good 
•tb “see those wounded boys from all 
<patts of the country. One said, "I 
am going to get wounded if I can see 
tfhese theatre folks. They are good.” 

If you could only see Miss Mayo 
rpull her classic dancing. She is no 
'Ruth St. Denis, but, oh my, hear 
those ginks roar. Elizabeth Britel 
(God, it was a treat for a god. She 
as better than any time she ever 
worked with Charlie King. Will Mor- 
rissey I well, if I keep telling how good 
- (they were, including little Lois Mere- 
dith. As one soldier said, “It’s damn 
bad they don’t keep it open all night, 
I would like to hear that cute little 
girl recite.” Miss Mayo’s company 
bas plaifed about a week to an audi- 
(cnce of legless and armless soldiers. 
All yon can say, they are doing a 
greater bit than we are. 

Oo«stion: Can you tell me where 
Tommy Gray i j getting all the five 
franc notes to give away. Maybe he 
(doesn’t know they are one dollar in 
American money. But he is giving 
them away like complimentary tickets 
and the boys are certainly ^lad that 
Tommy Gray is here, for he is a gen- 
erous guy, 

Hurrah, hurrah, for the Over-Seas 
Ga. Yours, 

A Real Buck Private. 



WRITING SOPHIE TUCKER’S PLAY. 

Before Jack Lait left New York for 
Chicago last week, he started on the 
story of “A Fat Chance,” which Wil- 
liam Morris will produce this fall, 
starring Sophie Tucker. Others en- 
gaged thus far for the show are Ed- 
die Carr, Dave Ferguson and Joyce 
Fair. 

Miss Tucker has been routed for a 
few weeks in vaudeville with herself 
and “Syncopated Kings,” receiving $1,- 
000 weekly. 

LOST BETWEEN JUMPS. 

Trixie Friganza, at the Alhambra 
and Royal this week, left her home 
Monday night aiid went to tlj^e Alham- 
bra in her auto for the evening per- 
formance. 

At the conclusion of her act Miss 
Friganza hurriedly dressed and left 
for her car and the Royal. When 
reaching the machine she found her 
$750 sable scarf had disappeared. No 
trace of it could be found. 

ACTS OUT OF HIP. 

Four' vaudeville turns are out of 
"Everything” at the Hippodrome, the 
Ladellos, Yoscarrys, Will Evans and 
George Gifford. 

Eliminations left the turns with 
' nothing' tb'dbf ' The Lad(fflbs' m^ 
turn to the show if a spot can be 
made for them. 

Fannie Brice on the Roof. 

' Fannie Br^ce will join the “Midnight 
Frolic” nepefi week. 

Laugh and grow, fat with CHAS. ALTHOFF. 



PROPAGANDA ACTS. 

According to plans formulating, 
vaudeville may see a ftttmber of acts 
on the patriotic order. The Govern- 
ment has notified the picture industry 
to first product those pictures which 
have mainly o do with the further- 
ance of war propaganda 'and the pic- . 
tare market is concerned in their 
early distribution. The dramatic stage 
is concentrating its energy in produc- 
ing, war plays, and the music publish- 
ers are furthering interest by popu- 
larizing songs of patriotic appeal. 

That the vaudeville field will shortly 
find itself employing acts of the 
"propaganda” type seems fairly cer- 
tain, ^ 

The influx of propaganda acts Will 
start next week and th^ w;ill be pre- 
sented by men in the Service. 



german SPY RESENTED. 

Florence Pinckney, who plays the 
German spy in the vaudeville version 
of “An American Ace,” has been en- 
countering difficulty of late in pror 
ceeding through her role. At a per- 
formance last week when walking 
across the stage with a defiant speech 
after being uncovered as a spy, a wom- 
an in a stage box threw a missile at 
Miss Pinckney, striking her on the side 
of the head. At another performance 
later in the week, when the German 
spy asked the American comthanding 
officer what he intended doing with 
her, a woman standing up in the audi- 
'ence, shouted, “Kill the cat.” , . 

The “Ace’’ production, presented by 
Harry Weber, has been given q, full 
season’s vauiievillB route at $2,250 
weekly, witK transportation. It car- 
ries ^ people. 



MONTREAL'S FIRST HOLD OVER. 

Montreal, Sept. 25. 

Mile. Nitta-Jo, at the Princess this 
week, has been held over for next 
week at that house. 

It’s the first time the big time vaude- 
ville theatre of this city has held oyer 
a turn. The French woman’s success 
at the Monday shows was sq^ em- 
phatic the decision to retain her was 
immediately reached by Clark' Brown, 
who was here that day. 

Mile. Nitta-Jo is a new act to vaude- 
ville, arranged and produced by H. B. 

■ Marinelli, showing for a half Week 
only in New York, before booked for 
this city. She formally opens in the 
Metropolis in a couple of weeks. 

VENITA GOUlTaFTER HUSBAND. 

^ Chicago, Sept. 25. 

Venita Gpuld got into the local 
papers again this week through a dis- 
turbance at an apartment at 225 Mar- 
quette road, when she was said to 
have found her husband, Harold J. 
Jones, in the flat with a woipan named 
Florence Nelson. 

This i^ the second chapter in thb 
domestic difficulties of the pair. Miss 
Gould got into difficulties recently 
through a “joy ride,” in yyrhich she and 
Hattie Lorraine and a couple of men 
participated. ' 

$1,000 WEEKLY TO CO-STAR. 

An offer made to Blanche Ring add 
rejected by her is said to have been 
$1,000 weekly, for Miss Ring to co- 
star in “Hitchy Koo” with Raymond 
Hitchcock. 

RUINOUS PUBLICITY. 

Immediately after the publication of 
a paragraph in -Variety a few weeks 
ago that Lillian West, of Freeport, 
L. L, intended to enter vaudeville with 

' a ' ' e 

reared at her country home the gallffs^ 
domcsticus assumed all the airs of a 
headliner and affected ail the manner- 
isms of a prima donna- 

Only upon, special occasions now 
can it be persuaded to perform its 
.step l-s. which renders it worthless, as 
' 4 . cojnmercial proposition. 






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THEATRICALS PLAY STAR PART 
IN DRIVE FOR SIX BILLIONS 



Allied Committee, E. F. Albee, Chairman, Haa Stage Set to 
Surpass All Previous Collection Marks—Amusements 
Prepare Special Films and Bills—Enthusiasm 

Unbounded. 



(Written for VARiBir by the Pub- 
licity Department of the Liberty Loan 
Committee, New York.) 

Of the ^3,000,000 subscribed to the 
Third Liberty Loan through the ef- 
forts of the theatrical profession,’ a 
substantial part was raised by the ef- 
forts of the artists who devote their 
energies to the lighter forms of amuse- 
ments, provided in the variety and 
combination theatres. 

Heeding the call of the Government, 
the combined variety interests have 
come forward with greater enthusi- 
asm for the Fourth Liberty Loan. 
Under the direction of E. F. Albee the 
chairman, the organization of the last 
drive is retained in its entirety, and 
pledges by each member of the com- 
mittee have been given for a total 
“ volume of sales in excess of the last 
drive. 

The committee includes Henry W. 
Savage, George M. Cohan, Marc Klaw, 
David Belasco, Sam M. Harris, Edgar' 
Selwyn, Martin Beck, Sam Scribner, 
William Fox, B. S. Mo^s, William A. 
Brady, and Joseph M. Schenck, repre- 
senting the legitimate arid vaudeville 
theatres, with an added staff of re- 
sourceful managers from the motion 



picture fi^d, noted among whom are 
Adolph Zukor and J. T. Brulatour. 

Several gifted jirtists achieyed not- 
able results in the third drive, and 
James T. Powers, Grace LaRue and 
Lillian Russell made exceptional sales. 
These favorites and many others will 
do their bit for the Fourth Loan. 

The victories attained by our forces 
in ^ance furnish the most potent ar- 
gument for a warm response from 
theatregoers.' Facts, reinforced by 
figures, induced the Government to 
include the theatre among the essen- 
tal industries. The drive is on, and 
the artist, manager and other elements 
of vaudeville and variety will do more 
than their share in helping the war. 

The headquarters of the Theatrical 
Allied Interests Committee will be in 
the Longacre Building. f 



Tomorrow (Saturday) with the be- 
ginning of the three weeks’ Fourth 
Liberty Loan drive, the Theatrical Al- 
lied Committee E. F. Albee, chairman, 
will again inaugurate its campaign to 
swell the sales of the loan. The com- 
mitfee expects to dispose of over fifty 
million dollars worth of bonds in this 
drive. 

The theatrical unit’s headquarters 
are located in the Longacre Building 
this year. Walter J. Kingsley will 
again direct the publicity of the cam- 
paign. Elmer F. Rogers will also again 
have charge of the speakers. 

Plans for creating further interest in 
the Loan were completed early this 
week and start agoing this evening. 
The National Vaudeville Artists has 
enlisted the service of 100 of its mem- 
bers to act as newsboys at the various 
theatres throughout Greater New 
York. They will receive assignments 
daily to distribute late copies of “The 



Stars and Stripes,’’ the daily paper, 
printed by the American Expedition- 



intermission period the reverse side 
of an old drop is being shown upon 
which is pasted a 24-sheet of the at- 
traction for next week. This drop will 
most likely be used to further the Lib- 
erty Loan propaganda at this theatre 
Monday and may be followed by the 
other theatres which are now lower- 
ing the asbestos drop during the in- 
termission period. Starting next week 
most of the Keith vaudeville theatres 
will have a big .thermometer placed in 
the lobby on top of which will be 
figures representing Uncle Sam, a sol- 
dier'-' and a ' sailor and the Amount 
which that particular theatre lexpects 
to raise for the Liberty Loan. The 
Greenpoint theatre has already or- 
dered the thermometer which will be 
installed tomorrow and has $200,000 as 
its goal for the sale of bonds. 

Special loan pictures will be used 
to start the show and help bond sales 
and several propaganda acts will be 
employed. The Palace, New York, 
will only have a bill of eight acts dur- 
ing the drive, allowing plenty of time 
for the sale of bonds. 



Ottawa, Sept. 25. 

With this season the local Dominion 
theatre has' played vaudeville a full 
week, increasing the gross receipts 
weekly from $700 to $800 over the 
amount the same house played to last 
season when the policy was <a split 
week. The bills for the Dominion this 
season has been somewhat improved 
in material, with a consequent in- 
creased cost in the salary list, but 
nothing to compare with the added 
takings. ' 

Last season the Dominion “split the 
week’’ with the Theatre Francaise, 
Montreal, both- operated by th€ Can- 
adian Circuit, with Clark Brown, gen- 
eral manager. The Francaise is now 
dark. 



DOOLEYS SUED BY ORTH. 



Gordon and William J. Dooley are 
named as defendants in a suit brought 
by O’Brien, Malevinsky & Driscoll, as 
counsel for Frank Orth. Orth al- 
leges he wrote and copyrighted a 
a song entitled “Stroll Down the Ave- 
nue,’’ upon which he holds the exclu- 
sive rights. 

Since Sept. 1, 1917, the Dooleys have 
been using the song and Orth values 
its use at $25 weekly. Orth estimates 



his damages amount to $2,000. 

The defendants, through their coun- 
sel, Harry Saks Heshheimer, put in a 
general denial. 



Chicago, Sept. 25. 

The theatres have received recogni- 
tion for their work in the Third Lib- 
erty Loan drive by having a special 
division set aside for them in the 
fourth drive, which opens Sept. 28. 
The loop houses will be captained by 
the manager of each individual house, 
who will be held responsible for the 
activity of his own theatre. 

The Stage Women’s War Relief will 
also take an active participation in the 
loop situation, aiding drives in each 
of the houses. 

Peter J. Schaefer has been appointed 
chairman for the theatrical division, 
and has secured the first sale. Dick 
Green, international vice-president of^ 
the Stage Employes and Operators'"^ 
Union, was the purchaser. He bought 
$10,000 worth of the bonds. Ed. Bal- 
lard, proprietor of the Hagenbeck- 
Wallace show, has assured . Mr. 
Schaeffer he will purchase $25,000 
worth of bonds before the circus 
leaves Chicago. 



DUMONT’S MINSTRELS. 

Philadelphia, Sept. 25. 

Frank Dumont’s minstrels, now at 
Dumont’s, have Eddie Cassady (fea- 
tured comedian)^ Richard Lee, Joe 
Hamilton, Bennie Franklin, Burke arid 
Walsh, Charles Gano, 'Alf S. Gibson, 
Tom O’Brien, Harvey Brooks, Oscar 
Smith, R. P. Lilly (musical director). 



THEATRE BUILDING HELD UP. 

Los Angeles, Sept. 25. 

Alexander Pantapies has postponed 
construction on his new theatre at 
Seventh and Figueroa, It is ^under- 
stood that he was advised to do so by 
the Government. 

Work on his new Salt Lake theatre 
also has been held. up. 



Cummings and Mitchell Separated. 

Roy Cummings reopens in vaudeville 
next week, as Roy Cummings an(L 
Girlie. He was formerly with Ruth 
Mitchell (Cummings and Mitchell) 
with “Hitchy Koo.’’ Miss Mitchell re- 
mains with the show, where she has 
been given a part. 



MAJESTIC, 1. A., VAUDEVILLE 

Los Angeles, Sept. 25. 

Ackerman & Harris have been here 
several days conferring with Adolph 
Hamish and the Hamburgers, owners 
of the Majestic, over the lease of that 
theatre for vaudeville. As a result of 
this confference the Majestic may re- 
open within six weeks. 



Vincent Serrano in Lait Playlet. 

Chicago, Sept. 25. 

In Chicago now Vincent Serrano is 
rehearsing a playlet for vaudeville, 
written by Jack Lait, called “Between 
the Lines.’’ It calls for two principals, 
both men. 

A^r. Serrano will be represented in 
vaudeville by William Morris. 



SKETCH WITH DICKENS. 

Ben Barnett has cotnpleted a sketch 
dealing with the life of Charles 
Dickens at the time of his first visit 
to America in 1842. 

The sketch has four characters. It 
is called “Boz,’’ after the pen name 
given him in his early youth. 

Dickens was about ^ at the time of 
his first visit to theseTshores. 



Ernte| Sturm Has Divorce. 

Chicago, Sept. 25. 

Ernest Sturm of the quartet at the 
Ri^o last week, was granted a di- 
vorce from his wife, Freda Stone. 



Henderson's Closing Long Season. 

This week when all Coney Island of- 
ficially closes fdr the summer, Hender- 
son's Theatre with its vaudeville will 
also cease, after its longest season. 



printed by the American Expedition- 
•ary-.:.Eor.ces . ip- vF in .rthe -lobbiesr-- • 

of the theatres every evening during 
the Loan Drive starting at 7:45 and 
remaining until the intermission pe- 
riod. They are under the leadership 
of Henry Chesterfield, who is acting 
as captain, and Hugh Herbert, who is 
acting lieutenant. 

At the Colonial this week during the . 



Chicago, Sept. 25. 

Next week in local vaudeville Leom 
Erroll will debut in an act, headed bA 
himself and carrying one other man. 

The booking, made by Jenie Jacobs 
in New York, calls for a |plary of $1,- 
500 weekly during Errol’s temporary 
stay in the varieties. 



Detroit Agent Branching Out. 

Detroit, Sept. 25. 

R. E. Mack, manager of the local 
International Vaudeville Exchange, 
will-open ©ffioes in: Clevdsnd and' Buf- 
falo. 



PAUL LYNWOOD UNDER ARREST. 

Elmira, N. Y., Sept. 25: 
Investigation into the past of Paul 
Lynwood, theatrical producer, arrested 
here last week on a serious charge 
lodged by the police when he was 
f Grind in a room in the Reggio Hotel 
■ -with Bessie Phillips, a 16-year-old local 
girl, has resulted in sensational dis- 
closures. 

Lynwood, who was in Elmira to pro- 
duce the Red Men’s Kirmess, it is novv 
revealed was arrested and Indicted 
on a similar serious charge in Albany 
last December. The Albany charge 
was made by 16-year-old Evelyn Albert 
of that city, while Lynwood was there 
to stage “Melodyland” at Harmarius 
Bleecker Hall for an Albany evening 
newsiiaper. ■ 

While the Albany indictment was 
pending against Lynwood in January 
last, he was married to the Albert girl 
by a Rensselaer clergyman and the 
case 'Subsequently was dropped. 

The investigation also shows that 
Lynwood’s right name is Percy Lyn- 
wood Capes, that he is 36 yqars old, 
and the son of a minister oF 'funnel 
Hill, Ga. The records also disclose 
he was twice married before he mar- 
ried the Albany' girl, and twice di- 
vorced. His first wife i^ living ■ in 
Maine and the second in Minnesota. 

The present Mrs. Lynwood is 
staunchly defending her husband. She 
had one of the principal roles iq 
"Melodyland." After it had been pro- 
duced, the girl’s father complained to 
the police his daughter had not been 
home the previous night. The police 
probe resulted in Lynwood’s arrest. 

In the Albert case the parents of 
the Phillips girl complained that' the 
daughter was missing and Lynwood’s 
arrest ■ followed. The story told the 
local police by Lynwood was that he 
was ill, that the Phillips, girl told him 
she was a nurser and offered to go to 
the hotel and take care of him. Miss 
Philljps’ story was different. 

Lynwood admits that he failed to 
register^ for the draft -Sept. 12 "be- 
cause his hand was shaky.” 

His case will come up for an ad- 
journed hearing Friday. He is attempt- 
ing to secure bail. 



LOEWS SOUTHERN TIME. 

I With the dropping of a couple of 
towns in the south ^formerly booked 
by the Loew Circuit, Lbew is riow 
placing bills only in its own theatres 
down there, at Augusta, Atlanta, Bir- 
mingham, Memphis and New Orleans, 
playing a split week in each. 

The southern houses are booked by 
Ernie Williams in the I,.oew office. 

<• The house opening in South Bethle- 
hem, Pa., this week, is booked through 
the Loew office by Solly Turek, who 
also places the Sunday Loew vaude- 
ville in the 7th Avenue, New York, 
and Shubert, Brooklyn. 



PRODUCING FIRM. 

A new vaudeville office in the Gaiety 
Building has* been opened by Bob 
Sterling and Irving Stone. Sterling 
is a former vaudeville artist and the 
writer of several songs. Stone is a 
vaudeville author and stager of acts. 
The company will confine itself to 
producing acts and publishing, the 
special songs used. “Gates to Para- 
dise,” with 10 people, will be one of 
their first productions. 



East and West Inter-Representation. 

Chicago, Sept. 25. 

Jake Sterhad of Chicago and Jack 
Potsdam of New York will give each 
other mutual representation in their 
respective, cities W , 



Tabs & Stock at Orpheum, Zanesville. 

Zanesville, 0., Sept. 25. 
The Orpheum opened last week 
under the management of W. D. 
Brookover. The policy of the house 
wilt be musical tabs and stock. 



^New Booking -Arrangements. 

William Casey is again booking the 
Grand, New York, since Fally Markus 
decided to discontinue handling its 
bills, while the Olympic, Brooklyn, is 
now being booked by Walter J. Plim- 




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New York, Sept. 9., 

Editor Vabihtt: 

I notice several acts claim the origin 
of the much disputed idea, that of 
liking the allies to horses. Jean Havez 
wrote the "Race” or the "World's 
Handicap” for me nearly one year ago 
and I have been using the recitation 
for The Stage Women’s War Relief 
and other benefits, for the past nine 
months. 

I have proof of the above statement. 

Arthur Upson. 

Sept. 19. 

Editor 'VABiBTt'; 

In YABiEiTr Sept. 13 an act doing a 
policeman and an Italian is accused of 
using material belonging to A1 Haw- 
thorne (Hawthorne and Anthony). 

We are doing a policeman and 
Italian, and have been doing this act 
since February, 1916. Prior ‘ to that 
Mr. Roth did the same act-with Tqih 
/ Murray since 1914. 

Roth and Roberts. 






Editor VABiBTr: 



Winnipeg, Sept. 17. 



Our show was the first show to go 
across the Canadian line since the 
new draft (18-45). Professionals will 
under no circumstances be allowed 
to enfier any part of Canada without 
.necessary credentials which they can 
get for the asking from their own 
Local Board. 

/ They must have their registration 
card showing that they have regis- 
tered. They must have a permit from 
their Local Board allowing them to 
leave the States and enter Canada. 
This permit is a regular form blapk. 
Without this permit it will be im- 
possible to get into any part of Can- 
ada no matter what any one in the 
States may say about it. 

Americans in Canada are also stopped 
often on the street by officers to show 
their permits into Canada and failure 
to have it means arrest. Several in 
our show were stopped here this week. 
I was stopped twice, and after showing 
my registration card was asked for my 
permit. 

Joe MeShane, 

'^(MeShane and Hathaway.) 



which he is staging for Emily Ann 
Wellman and Jack Morris. 

In preparation are "Sweet and 
. Pretty,” a' 35-minute musical version 
jof “Charley’s Aunt,” and “The Pursuit 
of Happiness” an allegorical playlet, 
to follow Miss Wellmans’ “White 
Coupons," which Marshall also staged. 
A musical act writteh by Harry B. 
Smith and Marshall is additional. 

Marshall may return to vaudeville 
again with two girl dancers known as 
th^e Misses Cloter and Quinn. The-' 
girls will probably use dinerent names 
when the turn is ready. 

H. Bart McHugh and Marshall have 
in rehearsal a new allegorical musiral 
phantasy entitled ‘The Pursuit Of 
Happiness,” with the book, music and 
lyrics by Marshall. In the cast of six 
are Mildred Alain, Helen Gunther arid . 
George Douglas. 

“Birds of a Feather,” a n^w anatonu- 
cal fantasy, written by Leon Kimberly 
for Bert Ford and Pauline Price (Edw. 
S. Keller). 

“The Dummy” is to be produced by 
Arthur Klein from a book by Harry 
B. Smith with, words and music by 
Henry I. Marshall. 



WAR SONG CONTEST SPREADING. 

The War Animated Song Contest, 
started at the Fifth Avenue last week, 
and having its final there Tuesday 
night, is going to go over the Greater 
New York small time circuit booked 
out of the United Booking Offices. 

This week the Greenpoint started a 
contest. It will follovy into the 34rd 
Street, Keith’s, Jersey City, d25th 
Street and S8th Street, as far as at 
present laid out. 

• At the opening of the contest Mon- 
day night at the Greenpoint it’s re- 
iTorted the box ofiice showed $200 more 
than on the Monday night previously, 
although in New York Monday night 
of this week was “off” in the; vaudeville 
theatres, generally. . . 

The Fifth Avenue Tuesday night held 
lamost complete; capacity before eiight 
o’clock. 



CALLING MUSIC MEN TOGETHER. 

A confidential notice sent out a few 
of the music publishers by Milton Weil 
of The Music Trades Company asks 
them to be his guests, today (Sept. 
27), at a special luncheon at the Re- 
publican Club, 54 West 40th street, 
where he will lay before them-the out- 
line of a plan which is to solve some 
of the.^oblems of the music publish- 
ing! business.^.. 

If, the representatives assembling 
are in full accord, a general meeting\ 
will be .called within the near future, 
when all music publishers will be 
asked to act on Mr. Weil’s suggestions. 

The secrecy^ attending this first 
meeting has caused some speculation 
among the publishers. A leading pub- 
lisher, who has been invited, stated 
it was his belief, plans are about to be 
started to form a sort of a “Chanaber 
of :Gomme^ce’^ 'for the music publiish- : 
ing industry which will make it a dis- 
tinct factor. 



GEO. YEOMAN-BIG TIME. 

Indianapolis, Sept. 25. 

This week at Keith’s, Indianapolis, 
is George Yeoman and "Lizzie,” with 
other big time engagements to follow 
including a tour of the Orpheum Cir- 
cuit startng Jan. 12 next. • 

It’s 12 years since Mr. Yeoman last 
played a big time house. He has been 
monologing since and now has a turn 
written by James Madison. “The Liz- 
zie” of the title is a mythical person 
Mr. Yeoman talks to and about during 
the act. • 

JAZZ BAND OF 20 PIECES. 

A jazz band composed of 20 pieces 
is the objective of Irving (“BuggsO 
Bochner, who is now in New York, 
attending to the matter. 

An amusement promoter,, says Mr. 
Bochner, suggested the 20-piece jazz- 
,^ing aggregation. 

PLAYING FOR MOSS. 

Danny Simmons, of the B. S. Moss 
office, has signed Welch, Mealy and 
Montrose, Old Homestead 5, and Gal- 
lerini Sisters for eight weeks on the 
Moss Circuit. 

SHACKELFORD RESIGNS. 

Atlantic City, Sept. 25. 

Ernest W. Shackelford has resigned 
from the management of the' Million 
Dollar Pier. He will leave the resort 
about Jan. 1. He has been in charge 
of the pier for the past three years, 
said to be the most successful since it 
was built. 

Mr. Shackelford was formerly man- 
ager of Young’s Ocean (old) Pier. He 
has many outside financial interests. 



COLINI CLAIMS LOYALTY. 

William Colini who has a dancing 
act in vaudeville known as "Colini s 
Variety . Danc.ers,” has recently been 
annoyed by several rumors intimating 
he was not an American citizen. 

Colini arrived in this country 20 
years ago and played for the western 
vaudeville managers and other cir- 

cuits. , . > 

He became a naturalized U. S. citizen in 
Chicago, in 1905 and married a Chicago 
girl of Irish parentage. Her father 
held a Chicago city job for many years. 

Since the war started his two broth- 
ers enlisted) and are now fighting m 
France. 

His act has taken part in many bene- 
fit performances for the Red Cross and 
other war charities. 

The act is now on the big time under 
the direction of H. B. Marinelli. 

STERNAD’S CAMP SHOWS. 

The first of the Jake Sternad cainp 
shows, consisting of seven acts, will 
open a tour of the cantonments at 
Camp Dodge, Oct 3-4-5-6, while on the 
same date a Sternad vaudeville outfit 
will start at Camp Coster with still a 
third of the Sternad units to Open at 
Camp Grant Oct. 7-8-9. ^ , 

. Sternad has an understanding with 
the offices controlling the camp book- 
ings whereby if the shows, he books 
fail to, meet satisfaction they can be 
cancelled, or Sternad can cancel them, 
if the camps do not prove financially 
satisfactory. 

B. B. Circus Closing Nov. 2. 

Chicago, Sept. 25. 

The Barnum and Bailey Circus has 
arrived in the southwest after a coast 
tour. Business at the coast was bad. 

The outfit is now playing the Texas 
stands. It will close its season Nov. 2 
at Memphis. ^ . 

The Ringling Circus is closing two 
weeks earlier than last season, being 
Oct. 18 at Clarksdale, Miss. 

The Hagenbeck-Walace show, which 
has fared badly this season, closes 
Oct. 6, some weeks earlier than last 
year. 

Billers Strike in Jersey City. - 

A billposters’ strike is on in Jersey 
City. Some of the agents in there with 
feature films and also the local amuse- 
ment places had some trouble for 
several days getting up outside bill- 
ing, with the local press relied upon. 



ILL AND INJURED. 

Buhla Pearl (Mrs. Walter Buhl) was 
operated upon at St. Joseph’s Hospital, 
Chicago, last week for appendicitis. 

Bob Dailey, ill for six weeks, re- 
appeared on Broadway this week, back 
to his normal self. 

Johnnie Collins, the U. B. O. booker, 
injured about two weeks ago in an 
auto accident, was able to be about 
Wednesday. 

B. Iden Payne is reported slightly 
better at the Flushing (L. I.) liospital, 
where he was operated on for appendi- 
citis. He was not out of danger up 
to Wednesday. 

F. Ray Comstock, who fractured . his 
ankle while playing golf on Long 
Island last month, returned to his 
office this week with the .aid *f 
crutcheSt 

Jo Paige Smith returned .to his office 
last Friday, after being confined to his 
home for same days. The agent has 
been subject to fainting spells ever 
since he went northward on a fishing 
trip early in the summer. 

The following are ill at the Ameri- 
can Theatrical Hospital, Chicago : 

g eorgia Kema (“Speedway Girls”), 
ilda Martin (Haymarket stock bur- 
lesque), William Cunningham (book- 
ing agent), Joseph Rossi (Chicago 
Opera Co.). 

Frank Wirth, the Australian trick 
rider and manager of the equestrienne 
act called the Wirth Family, has re- 
turned to the Ringling circus, after an 
attack of typhoid fever. He was in a 
Minneapolis hospital for six weeks. 

While Carter De Haven and Flora 
Parker were going through their act 
Monday matinee at the Majestic, Chi- 
cago, their daughter, _ Majorie, six 
years old, was undergoing- an opera- 
tioh for appendicitis at the Washing- 
ton Park Hojspital. .After the turn 
, Miss Parker collapsem The operation 
was successful. 



HF.NRY MARSHALL STAGING. 

Henry I. Marshall is actively en- 
gaged in the production end of vaude- 
ville^ He is concerned in the staging 
of several acts of his own and others 



Harry Bailey Managing Camp Theatre. 

Sol F. Klarberg has been transferred 
from the Buffalo theatre, Camp Upton, 
L. I., to the management of the Lib- 
.ortyi Camp Pike 

was fdrmerl/ associated with the In- 
terstate’s Southern houses. 

Harry A. Bailey recently of the Al- 
hambra, New York, is now in charge 
of the Buffalo at Upton. 

There is also a Liberty theatre at 
Upton. It is the big house of the 
camp, managed since opening by Geo. 
H. Miller. 



Bert Taub 



Muriel Worth Back in Now Act. 

Muriel Worth, who left vaudeville 
when marrying “Dutch” Leonard, the 
ball player, is returning to vaudeville 
in a new act carrying three people. 
Heo husbaod ha* boen. drafted. 

Arthur Kelin will direct the turn. 



Samptor'a New Musical Revue. 

Martin Sampler is sponsoring a mu- 
sical revue called "Are Your Therej 
to play the cantonments. The show is 
said to be new and framed especially 
for the Liberty Theatres. 



MARRIAGES. 

j (“Love'^Farm”) to Patty 

Dennison (Winter Garden show, Qhi- 
cago) at Pittsburgh. 

Eleanor Kern (partner of Ernestine 
Gordon) to Sergt. C D- Levandowski, 
Aviation Corps, at, Berkley, (jfal., last 
week. ' 

Carolyne Scoville to Daniel Diehl at 
Camp Funston, Kan., Sept. 16. Both 
members of the Milton Schuster show, 
playing the cantonments. 

Mrs. Dollie B®®son (nee Weston) 
to Harry Brown (non-professional) at 
the Little Church Around the Corner, 
New York, Sept. 12. They will make 
their home at, 907 Gervais street, 
Columbus, S. C. 

Thomas Robbins of Attleboro and 
Hattie Atwood of Profile View, N. H., 
were married recently in Providence, 
R. I. Mr. Robbins, until a short time 
ago . in vaudeville (having traveled 
with Marvel, Priscello and other 
hypnotists), met his bride while tour- 
ing New Hampshire. 

BIRTHS. 

Ted and Margie Banks, in New York, 
Sept. 23, son. „ . , 

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Parker (direc- 
tor in Douglas Fairbanks’ studio), at 
Los Angeles, last week, daughter, 

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Garbrey, Sept, 
19, daughter. The mother is profes- 
sionally known as Pauline Lorimer. 

Mr. and Mrs. A1 Weston, at Lying-m- 
Hospital, Chicago, Sept. 16, daughter. 
Mrs. Weston is professionally Babe 
OlsrlCa 

Mr, and Mrs. Samuel Orkin, at 
Elliott Hospital, Boston, daughter. 
The mother is Mary Ruby of the 

’ IN AND OUT. 

Walter Scanlon left Proctor’s, New- 
ark, Saturday through loss of voice. 
He also cancelled Poll’s, New Haven, 
first half this week. 

That anreflre tun purveyor. CHA8. ALTHOFP. 















O N D S 



IN THE SERVICE 



VOLUNTEER CAMP SHOWS 



[This Department has been carried weekly in Variety since we declared war. 
-It has noted a list of theatrical men in the Service that seldom ran less than twa 
columns, and more often much beyond that.] 



CASUALTIES. 

Richard Marshall is recovering in 
France from wounds received at the 
front. He was formerly treasurer of 
the Majestic, Los Angeles. 

Jack Lynch is in the Base Hospital, 
Mineola, L. I. (Ward No, S), where he 
may be seen, or letters addresseid to 
him. 

Pvt. Lyle R. Mabrey, 308th Inf. Band, 
was severely wounded in action, Aug. 
31, and is now convalescing. Louise 
Astor, his wife, received the official 
notification. 

The son of Charles Simone, the Gen- 
eral Film Exchange manager at New 
Haven, has been gassed twice since 
reaching the battlefront with Per- 
shing’s troops. 

H. E. Belford, recently killed in an 
aeroplane accident at Leaside Camp, 
Toronto, was vice-president of the I. 
A. T. S. E. local 40d in Moose Jaw, 
Sask. 

Jimmy Martin (Martin, Roberts and 
tones), gassed while in action on the 
Western Front, according to a letter 
just received by his two former part- 
ners. He writes he is now in a base 
hospital near Paris and doing nicely. 

L. Andrew Castle, of Chicago, and 
a professional, was wounded in France. 
He is recovering in a hospital over 
there. Mr. Castle is a machine gun- 
ner with the Amer. E, F. Information 
of his injury was received at the New 
York offices of the Actors’ Equity As- 
sociation. 

Corporal Hsurry C. Frey, killed in 
action Aug. 20, was well known in. 
vaudeville as one of the Frey Twins. 
He- was married, 25 years old, and lived 
at 155 Audubon avenue. New York, He 
had been wrestling instructor at Camp 
Upton and left for France in April 
with Battery C, 304th Field Artillery 
He was a brother of Captain Charles 
Daniel Frey of the American Protec- 
tive League at Washington. His twin. 
Sergeant Harvey L. Frey, is with the 
, U. S. Customs, Bureau. 

Edward Hayes of Nev' York is in 
Paris as a K. of C. secretary. 

W. A, Jones, 42d Co., 154th Depot 
Brigade, Camp Meade, Md. 

Jack Stern (Douglas-Newman Music 
Co.), ordered to Camp Greenleaf, Ga. 

Arthur Lyons (formerly with Harry 
Shea), at Camp Gordon, Ala. 

Fred Goodwins (playing with Bryant 
Washburn’s film company), leaves 
for an officers’ training camp. 

W. T. Walker, stationed at El Paso, 
Tex., has been honorably discharged 
from the Army. 

Will Dillon, stationed at Camp Hum- 
phries, Vd., is not Will Dillon, the song 
writer (who is not in the Service). 

L. A. Rahe, formerly with the Ed 
Rush offices, now in the Navy, has been 
assigned film detail work in New York, 

James Clark (vaudeville) has enlisted 
for service with the British-Canadian 
forces in Siberia. 

Monty Brice (song writer; formerly 
writing with Jimmy Monaco) ordered 
to Artiiy Transport Division last week. 

Louis Muller (Feiber & Shea) ap- 
pointed manager Liberty Theatre, 
"Camp McClellaii'i' Afinisre 

Willie Sufface (Meyer Cohep Music 
Co.), ordered to report this week to 
Camp Gordon. 

Tom Stuart (William Collier com- 
pany), in the Q. M. Corps and sta- 
tioned at Fort Slocum, N. Y. 

Fred Hubener (manager of the Gar- 
den, Richmond Hill, L. I.), ordered to 
the Syracuse Camp, Sept. 25. 



Gus Kleinicke (formely musical 
director for Fritzi Scheff) is at Fort 
Hancock, Ga., where he is bandmaster. 

William. F. Young (Young and 
Wheeler) ordered to Camp Gordon, 
Ga. 

Lewis J. Rosenberg transferred to 
33d Field Artillery, 11th Division, Camp 
Meade. Md. 

William J. Kelly (Reel Guys Co.), 
19th Co., C. A. C., Fort Hancock, N. Y., 
promoted to corporal. 

Arthur J. Grebner is in the Casualty 
Company at Camp Colt, Gettysburg, 
Pa. 



Jack White (former cabaret enter- 
tainer) at the New Hampshire College, 
U. S. Training Camp, .Durham, N. H., 



Co. A. 

Lew Sharp ("Five Merry Young- 
sters") is in the Service under his own 
name, Louis Syilles, Battalion No. 15, 
Camp Greenleaf, Ga. 

Clarence B. Lovell is a sergeant with 
the 301st Ammunition Train, American 
Expeditionary Force, France. He was 
a manager before entering the service. 



VARIETY 

HAS NO 

FREE UST 

Due to the regulations of the 
War Industries Board, as men- 
tioned on Page 11 of this issue, 
and through the^ Post Office 
Department deciding that the 
complimentary copies sent by 
VARiBrr to theatrical men in the 
service were "sample copies," 
Variety has regretfully ' discon- 
tinued mailing its weekly issues 
to soldiers and sailors who were 
in theatricals before entering 
the service. 

From many letters received 
Variety was very gratefully re- 
ceived by all of the several hun- 
dreds of men on Variety's ser- 
vice list. 

If relatives or friends^ of the- 
atrical men in the service wish 
them to continue to secure 
Variety it will be forwai^ed on 
receipt of a subscription in their 
names for one month or one 
year or any interim period at 
the present subscription rates — 
$4 in the United States and $5 
foreign annually. 



Fred Esmelton leaves “Watch Your 
Neighbor” as soon as a substitute can 
be secured. He has received a com- 
mission in the army. 

Herman Barrens is assistant amuse- 
ment director ata Camp Gordon, Ga. 
Fred • Berrens is a seaman in the 
transport service. ' , ' 

Harry Chapman (Atlas Comedy 
Four) has joined the army and is a 
member of Truck 516, Camp Humph- 
reys, Virginia. 

Lieut. M. S. Bentham, U. S. N., ap- 
pointed aide for Third Naval District, 
with headquarters at Bensonhurst, 

L. I. , T • 

Milt Lewis, brother of A1 Lewis 
(Lewis & Gordon), at Camp Meyer, 
Va. He is to enter Major-General 
Crowder’s office in Washington. 

George Harcourt (dancer), has been 
put OK' Special •detail in 
gineers Training Regiment, Camp 
Humphreys, Va. 

Bud McPherson (Belle and Bud Mc- 
Pherson) has enlisted for foreign mili- 
tary duty, through Canadian recruit- 
ing channels. . . „ . 

Charles Withers (“For Pity’s Sake ) 
at Fort Slocum, N. Y,, has joined the 
(Continued on page 25) 



John Provan, known professionally 
as Scottie Provan, now at the battle 
front in France, in writing to New 
York says that in addition to soldering 
in the trenches he has found time to 
jump over to the nearest Y hut and 
put on his vaudeville .turn, the Scotch 
comedian enclosing one of the small 
bills the Y used to advertise his ap- 
pearance. The most amazing part of 
his entertaining stunt was that he had 
to return to the firing line at 6 o’clock. 
This is the first report where a former 
vaudevillian in addition to entertain- 
ing the soldiers for awhile was ordered 
right back- to th'e front line trenches. 
Provian recently had a furlough, and 
spent it in Paris. 

Sailor William Reilly, who has ap- 
peared in local vaudeville houses on 
leave from the Navy, will do no more 
vaudevilling for the present as he is 
assigned to special Liberty Loan drive 
work, spending one week in Pittsburgh 
as the guest of the Banker’s Club. 
Reilly, with a musical accompaniment 
by the Pelham Bay band, stood on the 
top of the new Selwyn theatre awning 
last week and sang songs, with a pic- 
ture camera working while Reilly put 
in all of the gestures. Reilly was due 
in Washington this week for -some 
special entertaining stunts. - 

The War Hospital Entertainment 
Association 'has added one' more link to 
its claim of hospital theatres. This is 
at the U. S. General Hospital, No. 3, 
Colonia, N. J., newly established under 
the auspices of the Red Cross where 
the maimed who return from the war 
will be taught useful crafts and oc- 
cupations which will enable them to 
earn a remunerative livelihood in spite 
of their infirmities. 

Fred Harten, 57th Regt. Artly. Band, 
A. E. F. in France, has organized a 
nine-piece jazz band which gives fre- 
quent entertainments at the various 
base hospitals and at the Y. M. C. A. 
“Huts.” The majority of the jazzers 
are fjom New York and were former 
professional musicians. v 

A farewell vaudeville entertainment 
was held recently at Camp McArthur 
by the 5th Battl. Inf. in which Pvt. 
F. 0. Williams, former assistant man- 
ager of the Globe, Kansas City, was 
the master of ceremonies. Through 
the courtesy of manager Harrison of 
the. Orpheum, Waco, Tex., the entire 
Paiitages bill was transported to the 
- camp. The entertainers included, Zene 
and Mandel, Aerial Patts, Mr. and Mrs. 
Jack Aarros, Ford and Goodrich, Dot- 
tie Vau, Mazie Oliver, Mae Whitfield, 
Jack Oliver, Foster Hoffman (“Flirta- 
tion” Co.), Rose Mary King, Vivian 
Osborne, W. L. Thorne, Kenneth Grat- 
tan, John J. Farrell, Charles Hathaway, 
Edward McDermott (“Notorious Del- 
phine” Co.), Sergt. Earl M. Castle 
(Castle-Davis Trio) rendered a number 
of saxophone solos. 

A1 Jolson, by arrangement with 
Major-General Barnett of the Marine 
Corps, appeared in Washington, ISun- 
day, and sang for the general staff and 
several thousand marines, his “Tell 
That to the Marines.” The number 
has been accepted as an official song 
by the marine corps. 

At Larchmont, N. Y., Sept. 20, for the 
Red Cross, at St. John’s Parish House, 
by E. F. Albee: Van and Schenck, 

. Eddie ; Dowling,. Six. vKirksmith- -Sisters -r- 
and pictures. 

The American Ambulance men sta- 
tioned at Longchamp, France, under 
the command of Lieut. Pierre J. Le 
May, were entertained recently by 
Billy Gould with his “Yankee Doodle 
Five.” The entertainers included 
Louise Carlyle, Renne Dietrich, Gilley 



Gregory and A, L. Wright. They are 
members of the Over There League. A 
few nights following Will M. Creisy, 
Blanche Dayne, Helen Goff, Helen 
Davis,' (Over There League) furnished 
the show. i 

Lewis Riley, detailed to entertain in 
the camps in France, appeared at the 
American Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Club 
concerts iii Paris, assisted by Leo 
Freddy. 

■ At the Walter Reed Hospital, Wash- 
ington, D. C, Sept. 17, through Keith’s 
(Rdland, S. Robbins, manager). The 
hospital holds wounded boys from the 
front. Manager Robbins escorted the 
party. Included were United States 
Senator Reed of Missouri, General 
Emmett Newton and DeWitt ’ Lillie- 
bridge. The artists were Blanche Ring, 
“Crosby’s Corners" and the brass band' 
(with Felix. Rush), Joe Jackson, Olga 
and Mishka, all appearing at Keith’s 
last week. Mr. Robbins is arranging 
a performance weekly for the hospital. 
The entertainment Sept. 17 was the 
second he had given last week there, 
with the first show consisting ofr.Mc- 
Kay’s Scotch Lads and Lassies. 

Corporal DonMd MacDonald," late of 
“Toot Toot,” and now with the Marine 
Corps at Camp Fuller, Paoli, Pa, was 
the director of a vaudeville show 
given by the marines of the camp at 
the Grand Opera House,, West Chester, 
Pa., Sept. 19. The following appeared: 
Corporal MacDonald, Sergeant G. 
Shepmoes, Corporals Wallie Lewis, Al- 
fred Freund, John P. Eichmiller (with 
squad), Ralph C. Shireman, Simrd O. 
Hermansen, Hugh N. Bancroft, Pri- 
vates Donald Moyer, Earl Smith, Hey- 
ward Wever, Harvey Wheeler, John 
G. Whittier, Louis Gardner, Louis 

• Brown, Jack Hempel and James T. 
Shine. Also Miss Bessie Phillips, a 
“daughter of the Marines.” Corporal 
John P. Eichmiller announce^ and 
Private J.1E. Foreman was staged man- 
ager. 

Two concerts were held last week 
at Camp Merritt, N. J., under the 
auspices of the K. of C., arranged by 
V Mrs. Carrie V. King. Those wHo 
entertained were: Mme. Mai Kalna, 

Ethel Morrison, Amelia Summerville, 
“K, C. B.,” Joy Sweet, Lily Sutherland, 
Jessie Morris, Ethel MacDonough, 
Helen Lyons, Webster Norctoss, 
Arthur Carter, Davis Quixano, Mr. and 
Mrs. George Spink. 

Headed by Tavie Beige the company 
of “Fiddlers’ Three” visited a United 
States battleship in the harbor last 
Sunday afternoon and gave a per- 
formance before 700 sailors. 

May Irwin made a special trip to 
Clayton, N. Y., to give an entertain- 
ment Wednesday night for the Red 
Cross. 

Keith’s Military Boys’ Band camped 
Sunday afternoon in Van Cortlandt 
Park with their own equipment, in- 
cluding cook tents. One hundred and 
fifty were in the detachment under the 
direction of W. B. Sleeper, who gives 
his special attention to the Keith band, 
organized and maintained by A. Paul 
Keith and E. F. Albee. The boys gave 
a concert during the afternoon. 

Sunday evening. Sept. 29, a free per- 
formance for men in the Service will 

• be ■given by -’-Mead Over-Heels/^-at-the . 
Cohan. 

Fifty-one wounded marines, _men 
who saw service at Chateau Thierry 
and are now in the hospitaj at Nor- 
folk, Va., were the guests of Otto 
Wells and the management of “Flo- 
Flo” at the theatre Sept. 18. B^ty 
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B U Y B O N D S 



THE SKIRT” SAYS— 

(Speaking of Women— mostly) 



By THE I 

Lew Kelly at the Columbia this week 
may carry his show through on the 
strength of his interesting experiences 
while, on the other side, which Mr. 
Kell^ tells about during the second act. 
Thc^show is so bad, it wasn't sur- 
prising to see a potatoe thrown over 
the footlights Tuesday matinee, while 
one these awful .burlesque French- 
men was on. Only the splendid 
discipline of the house saved the sit- 
uation them Mr. Kelly is always 
funny, but he is using only the old 
stuff. 

The really popular feature Tuesday 
at the Columbia was the orchestra's 
playing all the important bugle calls 
named in turn by the drummer. 

Lucille Manion is utterly wasted in 
this show. She deserves something 
better. Brunet in type with an abun- 
dance of personality and a splendid 
voice, Miss Manion also possesses that 
rare gift- of clothing herself becoming- 
ly. A..^)ink silk heavily embroidered 
in silver was prettily draped with no 
trimming. As an aviator a dull blue 
tunic and pants had white leggings 
and helmet. There was a blue brocade 
cape with mole collar arid cuffs. A 
white lace dress had aq emerald green 
overdress. ... . .. , 

The chorus, working hard with little 
material, wore one costume of note. 
As aviators the tights were of tan 
with closely fittings Jerseys of a light 
shade. Leggings, helmets and gloves 
were of leather. 

The Palais Royal restaurant has a 
floor show which wiii please no maUer 
what the mood. You remember pretty 
girls- and a riot of color and expensive 
mssterials. The girls in the large type 
are Rita Lee, Tulle Lindahl, Helen 
Herenden, Venita Fitzugh and many 
others. There seemed no end of girls. 
All the costumes were worth mention- 
ing, but they were too numerous. -One 
set of silver and gold, used for a 
patriotic finale, is too handsome to 
overlook. 

“For I remember stopping by the way 
To watch a Potter thumping his wet 

And with its all obliterated Tongue 
It murmured, ‘Gently, Brother,r gently 
pray.' " 

Those few lines hang over the little 
stage of the Martinique Omar Khayam 
Room, where Gus Edwards’ new revue 
holds forth. Mr. Edwards has put on 
too good a show for any one to “pan." 
When numbers make you forget the 
nice, long, cool drink before you they 
must be good. Mercedes Lorenz, one 
of the four principal women, loo^ 
well, and puts over her songs in 
. splendid style. Of the several cos- 
tumes worn by Miss Lorenz a deep 
blue net, made short and trimmed with 
tiny ruffles edged in silver, made the 
best impression. In a “Parcel Post” 
number short pants were covered hy a 
tiny skirt in two shades of blue, with 
coral velvet ribbons used on the edges. 
An Irish number was done in pale 
green net, made in points with darker 
green velvet for the jacket. There 
was also the inevitable high hat. 
Kathleen Hichens, Irene Martin and 
Eleanor Pierce also liven things along, 
and are beautifully gowned. The eight 
girls in a camouflage song are uniquely 
dressed in chiffon of many shades. 
Evtit “the stockings look=^ 
battleships lying over in the Hudson. 
For a cabaret show in dressing it lacks 
nothing. 

At the Palace this week the Morton 
Family held forth. After intermission 
in three -separate acts the Mortons 
show they are still there. Clara Mort, 



SKIRT 

when doing what she calls a "Solo 
Songologue,” changes her clothes three • 
times. Her first costume was rather 
eccentric in as much as the short skirt 
was • wori}. over long trousers that 
fitted the calves closely. The skirt . 
bounded in four rows of brilliants' was 
faced in green. A tammie made in 
points decorated her long curls. An 
Indian costume was in gold cloth with 
black poppies. There was also a fan- 
tastic soldier suit in blue satin. 

Naomi Glass (with Paul Morton) 
was prettily dressed in the palest of 
green satins mide full of skirts and a 
baby waist. A white lace dress made 
on the same lines hid a short dancing, 
frock of blue chiffon. Of the Mortons 
(four) the mother (Kitty) wore a blue 
tailored suif with a black velvet hat 
trimmed with osprey. Little Martha 
Morton, although not very little but 
rather tall, with a wealth of auburn 
curls was sensibly dressed in a brown 
plaid cloth dress. The skirt wSb made 
double and pleated and had white 
revers. Young Joe . Morton is a well- 
set up boy of the smaller type. His 
tuxedo fitted perfectly. At the con- 
clusion of the turn when the entire 
family appeared for the finale it was 
a picture to see father, mother and 
four dandy children. 

The Gardiner Trio opening the Pal- 
ace show, do a patriotic finish in white 
satin. Frances Renault, dressing as 
well as ever, appeared first in a short 
fur cape over a dress of bronze se- 
quins and lace. His huge hat was 
trimmed in osprey. An clJ fashioned 
dress was carried out in blue brocade 
with a gold lace ruffle. A huge bon- 
net was made of tulle. His dress 
that drew applause from the huge 
audience was of fish scales of silver 
with a black velvet mantle. The large 
hat was trimmed with yellow para- 
dise. 

Lucille Cavanagh, in a pretty danc- 
ing act,, was most elaborately gowned. 
Her first dress was lovely in its 
simplicity. The first skirt was ankle 
length and tight. There was an over 
dress . of white net with tiny ruffles 
• and the bodice was a short coatlike 
effect in white satin. The hat was of 
red, turban in shape and trimmed 
with feathers of the same shade. An 
Indian costume was of silver made 
in one straight piece. It was edged at 
every seam in black points. For her 
last gown Miss Cavanagh choosed yel- 
low. The skirt very short was caught 
up at one side revealing black lace 
trunks. The skirt edged in green had 
an orange poppy at the belt. There was 
a mauve hat with a blue chin strap. 
It was a dress' of many colors but 
well blended. 

Anna Chandler has come all the way 
from the Metropolitan, Brooklyn, to 
the American, New York, in the same 
- mauve taffeta dress. , 

Lily, of George and Lily Gardner, 
was' in red net over white, A good- 
looking dress on a large woman was 
of a heavy lace made in two flounces, 
vyith bodice and side draperies of pink 
crystals. The wearer was of Holden 
and Herron. . . , 

The girl of McDonald and Cleveland 
was in black satin, with front and 
back panels of black sequins. A wide 
red sash was worn well over the hips. 

Dainty little Marie Doro, according 
to her own statement, is not the Marie 
Doro of old. She claims to have been 
reborn about two years ago — a sort 
of reincarnation, as it were. Just how 
it affects her daily life makes an in- 
teresting little tale. Get her to tell 
it to you. It's most interesting. 



THE AMERICAN ON LEAVE 

By SERGT. EDWARD HARTMAN 

•(Now with the American E. F. *« France, attached to Headquarters Services of 
Supply. Before enlisting, Sergt. Hartman was on the New York staff of VARIETY.} 



France, Aug. 29. 

Four months in France, then what? 
Oh, la;' lal 

A seven-day leave. Sure, there’s the 
grouch who says he’s been over for 
nine months and hasn’t had one yet. 
He’s out of luck. 

They take off the privilege every 
how and then when they think there 
is too much work to be* done and you 
can’t be spared, but be up and awake 
and when the time is ripe get in the 
old document and get away while the 
getting is good and enjoy one whole 
week at Aix Les Bains, the hub of the 
Savoie leave area for A. E. F. troops 
in France. 

It’s the biggest hand-out of trip to 
France, and Uncle himself is doing the 
trick. He has a representative at the 
station* to meet you, and within half 
an hour after arrival you are ittstalled 
in a real “three squares” a day hotel, 
with a room for you and your Buddy 
(you always want to have Bud along 
to share in the fun), with real beds 
with sheets and everything. “Good- 
night I This layout will put the bank- 
roll in the morgue,” flashes through 
your mind. But, -fto, the old bankroll 
of Uncle Sam is there to prevent- this, 
and for seven delicious nights you 
slumber between sheets and eat break- 
fast at the hour you desire. 

What could be sweeter in a soldier’s 
life? 

Not a bugle is sounded and not a ' 
formation to be stood. And do you 
eat those meals? ' Well, now, ask the 
doughboy from the line or the_ mule- 
skinner from the S. O. S. (Services of 
Supply). 

They are French, but then there is 
plenty to them, and the lack of neces- 
sity for a mess kit with no washing 
after is one joyous thrill. 

“What are we going to find to do 
for seven days?" is a question that 
crops up that first morning after the 
old clock has crept around to ten and 
you are devouring your eufs sur le plat 
(fried eggs), avec chocolate et du pain 
(bread). There’s a fellow there whose 
time is about up and. he is going back 
toute de suite. He knows the ropes, 
and the first advice given is to visit 
the Y. M. C. A. Aw, say, is that all 
we get in this place? Take his advice 
anyway even if you have spent many 
a night in the Y. M. C. A. hut back in 
camp. 

It’s the surprise of your life when 
you strike this one. Sure, you look 
for a hut, but none is to be found. 
Say, bo, where is this Y. M_. C. ^A. 
they talk about? “There it is in front 
of you, greeny.” Wow! No? That 
swell joint? Gee, look at _me hobs 
(hob-n^il shoes at present in vogue 
with the younger men in France). Did 
you get a flash at the J[ane who just 
went in? She was talking American, 
too. Let’s take a chance. 

This very building, which has been 
taken 'over by the Y. M. C. A., is the 
•famous Casino of Aix Les Bains, far 
famed as a second Monte Carlo. It is 
one the most beautiful buildings of its 
kind on the continent and easily one 
of the most complete in every detail. 
It has a theatre, ball, lounging and 
billiard rooms, with numerous little 
ins and outs. 

What is the soldier to do in the day- 
time? That’s the Y.^ M. C. A.’s job, 
and they have taken it in hand in the 
right way; -There is never a 
moment. Innumerable places of in- 
terest around Aix and trips are on tap 
for those that wish to go. Then there 
is that light amber fluid so appealing 
in long glasses, which, although not 
sold in the Y. M. C. A., abounds in the 
many attractive French cafes. Although 
said fluid is tres cher pur les soldates 



it is tres necessaire to make a vaca-- 
tion complete. 

After you hatf^e climbed the heights 
to the Cat’s Tooth, taken a swim in 
Lac Bourget or visited Mount Revard 
via the cog railway you are ready for 
(Continued on page 21.) 

LETTERS FrM ENTERTAINERS. 

The extracts below are from letters 
received at the Little Theatre head- 
quarters of America’s Over There The- 
atre League. . 

The entertainers are with units sent 
over by the League to entertain our 
boys in France : 

Margaret Mayo and Amparito Far- 
rar, writing for the entertainers, and 
Sergeant H. E. Vermilye, expressing 
the appreciation of the American fight- 
ing men for the. work which is being 
done for them, emphasize the need for 
volunteers from the stage in even- 
greater numbers than before. 

“Already two of the units have vis- 
ited us,” writes Sergeant Vermilye, 
attached to S. S. .If, 650, U. S. A. Am? 
bulance Service with the A. E. F. “The 
first was Will Cresspr’s outfit, and they 
went over- big— particularly little Helen 
Davis. Billy Gould’s company was the 
other, and they too made an enormous 
hit. Perhaps Renee Dietrich (Wright 
and Dietrich) walked away with most 
of the honors; the men simply couldn't 
get enough of her. Each member of 
both units, however, received a mighty 
storm of applause. 

"Probably you good people at home 
don’t quite know what a boon this sort 
of thing is. You would though, had 
you listened, for months to ambitious 
and well-meaning people who love to 
recite “Verdun’ and other cheerful 
morsels, and whose idea of a rare 
treat is to sing consecutively the na- 
tional anthems of the United States, 
Great Britain and- France— which, as 
you realize* does pall a bit. The only 
thing that saved us from the Italian’s 
hymn is that it’s too difficult for most 
singers to attack. ' 

“When Mr. Cressy told us that they 
were the advance guard of a mighty 
army of real American actors and ex- 
plained about the meeting at the Pal- 
ace theatre, New York, the men 
yelled.” 

Miss Farrar, the celebrated concert' 
soprano, insists that American enter- 
(Continued on page 21, Col. 4.) 

AN M.P. IN FRANCE. ■ ^ 

France, Aug. 6. 

Dear Harry: 

Received your lengthy and very in- 
teresting letter of July ISth and was 
very glad indeed to hear from you. It 
certainly is a great pleasure to get a 
letter from home. The mail nowa- 
days is a little better than it has been 
in the past, but even so it does not 
come often enough for us. .Each and 
every one of us look anxiously every 
day for mail of some sort*. 

All I have done in the past two 
weeks is two hours gas alarm duty. 
This is strenuous work. A fellow must 
be on the alert every minute. In the 
daytime we have bunk fatigue. 

You ask in your letter why I could 
not tel! you more in my letters. If 
you will look on the outside of the 
envelope containing this letter, you 
will understand just why I cannot 
write more. You will find the- follow- 
ing words plainly printed: “I certify 
on my honor that the contents of this 
envelope refer to nothing but private 
and family matters.” Being put on 
-my honor, you can readily see that I 
cannot do otherwise than abide by 
the terms and conditions of the Army 
(Continued on page 21, Col. 3.) 






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BUY BONDS 




LEW KELLY SHOW. 

Low Kelly was in London tor two seasons. 
Ho wont across to go Into an Albert De Cour- 
vlllo revue at the Empire, and subseauontly 
played the halls. Last out hero ho was fea- 
tured In Jack Singer’s "Hello New York,” 
which had a summer run at the Columbia. 
Last season the spot on the wheel was held 
by the Lon Hascall show, which Is now filled 
by the now Lew Kelly Show. 

Mr. Singer has furniahed Kelly with -very 
high grade support and a clean, colorful pro- 
duction, but there was no serious attempt to 
give him new material. There are several 
exceptions in the new show, hut for the main 
Kelly is doing bits and lines with which bur- 
lesque patrons are as inUniate as bo is. As 
dO per cent, of burlesque patronage are 
regulars it is a question as to whether some 
criticism from that quarter will not be niade. 
It was no test at the Columbia Tuesday night 
when the crowd slowly filtered In until there 
was over capacity. They laughed and laughed 
a lot, in fact appeared to reap as much en- 
joyment as from anything on the wheel. But 
the Columbia draws a bigger percentage of 
floaters than the average burlesque house. 

At that the Kelly show for the first four- 
fifths of the way totes a heavy batting aver- 
age and turnlshes as good entertainment as 
the average musical attraction, which Is 
about (bo standard set by the first wheel. The 
show. 1.0 programed as presented in nine In- 
nlngs\ After the first, session It loses all plot 
and sticks to bits and business. 

Lew enters as the familiar professor dope 
plus the green spot halo which Is shelved after 
the entrance, and explains "I’m the f^ibw 
who thinks he’s mo but he’s not.” He '%ad 
Just been run over by an auto but wasil’t 
hurt, because he was under a bridge,” and 
“Roger” stuck around too. Yet they laughed, 
liking the familiar bits more for the way 
they were handled than for what they are. 
The entire first act ran along excellently, 
carried along at.' a tempo that was admlmble. 
Perhaps Vio Casmore has some credit coming 
for that, he being the stage manager. He also 
accounted for a French role very cleverly •. 
carried out and some bits Ipter on. The 
first “inning” ran tor an even hour, the sec- 
ond section of the show the balance of the 
“Innings.” 

It' was long after the second act started 
that ' Kelly appeared In “one,” straight, lor 
the first time in burlesque, to talk about things 
over there and some of his experiences. Lew 
talked for ten minutes and went over with 
a bang. £ good deal of bis talk was whole- 
heartedly patriotic and ended with an ex- 
pression of our determination to beat the 
Hun. Lew said that when he reached Lon- 
don It was In the imdst of an air raid, and 
ns there were moonlight nights, that sort of 
thing kept up lor several weeks. Every time 
he went out he was chased Into a cellar, 
for if the Hun bombs didn’t get you, anti- 
aircraft shrapnel might 'He thought be 
knew every cobweb In London, but lived on 
in the hope that he might be chased into a 
wine cellar. 

That was one of the new bits, and another 
was a short travesty on the “Thirteenth 
Chair.” Kelly gave a short synopsis of the 
plot -of the actual play, 'so that those who 
hadn’t seen It would know what they were 
trying to do. Rather a good idea. The bur- 
'-lesque itself wasn’t so hefty, but does well 
enough. 

Chief aid to the Kelly proceedings and the 
'Other featured member of "the cast is Lucille 
Manlon, who last season was with ‘”The 
Behman Show.” Developing rapidly within 
the last few seasons. Miss .Manlon Is now to 
be classed as one of the neatest and nicest 
appearing women In burlesque. She de- 
livers numbers with dispatch, and few can 
equal her in handling lines. Song numbers 
artrnot the feature of the Kelly show, but 
Miss Manlon. come through with the first 
scoring song,' It being “Smiles.” Me, too, 
bad an inning all alone, doing "Qood for 
Nothing,” followed by two recitations. One 
was a parody on “Qonga Dbln,” supposed 
to have been 'Ivritten by an American ambu- - 
lance driver and brought back by Kell^ The 
other was “The World’s Series” In Berlin, 
by Fred McCloy, the Columbia manager. She 
also lead the first act finale, “Dixieland In 
Prance,” the best staged number In the show. 

Of next Importance are Leona Earl and Bon 
Mulvey, who largely worked together. They 
sent over “Wonderful Baby” by Injecting 
some lusty loving and kissing, the business 
being funny and cleverly carried out. They 
also had a dance number, there being very 
little stopping, by the way. Jack Homnh 
handled a number of bite, nil being done well. 

The chorus Is above the average, the toller 
girls including several very good lookers, 
and there ate a good singing bunch, too. Mr. 
Blngor has 'provided good looking duds— not 
perhaps so plentiful as In some shows, but 
enough, and at all times the chorus Is neat 
and attractive. There are two full stage 
sets, the first being well painted and the sec- 
ond being a natural picture with the Third 
Avo. “L” overhead, that some New Yorkers 
away from home will get homesick when they 
Jamp It. 

” TowBrus TO flhlffi ' a 'choTO h Went ' 

over for a hit, filling a gap fully In a position 
which can carry more heft. Keliy got back 
Into his old character for a few additional 
laughs. One came after Instructions to a 
waiter to go out and build an airplane out 
of a lot of paper— fly-paper, hew explained. 
Earlier ho had a comical bit with Miss 
Manlon on the breeding of automobiles. 

At the Intermission the house orchestra 
caught the house with faithful Impressions of 



bugle calls, the drummer announcing tho 
purpose of each. Reveille and pay days calls 
won laughs. Lq^ 

Tho Kelly show Is fast, good entertainment, , 

and there Isn’t a blue line at any time. The At th< 
familiar bits shouldn’t Interfere, for Kelly fihrni 
has been away. For next season new ma- 
terlal will be In line, but for tho current tour sever 
the Kelly name backed by show and cast 
should turn' a nice profit. • Jbee. very 

- — — Dacrt 

THE MISCHIEF MAKERS. weeki 

“The Mischief Makers” (American Wheel), enter 

sponsored by F. W. Gerhardy, at the Olympic o 
last week, may sound a bk coarse, but for the 
most part it Is clean. A pretty fair bunch of. Camp 
chorus girls, With several outshining the servic 
others. One girl seemed a bear for stepping xaprr- 
a la buck negro fashion, but the threads at- " 

tached to the upper part of her bodice were intyr 

more down than up. This girl alstr kept grab- in-lav 

bing at the upper part of her stocklngg' and terfiel 
it doesn’t fit In tbe general ensemble fitness, -i- ^ 

Another revealed a sweet, sympathetic soprano vauui 
voice and she was recalled for an encore. Dacrc 

On dressing Qerhardy’s outfit stacks up the d 
well, the number of changes not being as ' j / 
many and varied as with some of tfie other “ ^ * 

organizations, but sulflciently attractive to re- Lou 

ceive commendation. The number with the pied 
girls representing different phases of the In- fp-nni 
xlustrial Jobs women are doing was well con- 
celved. throh 

Scenlcally what sets are employed for the was a 

two parts answer tho purposes. 

In "blt^’ the first part sagged, due to the xviols* 
unnecessary length of several. Jvuss 

The program says the book, music, lyrics, perfol 
dances and everything In tbd entire show are ferenl 
the work of Joe Wilton. Wlltop was with the v. 
same show last season and to make that cer- 
tain he announces In a song he wrote the show verse. 

thATI nlnVA/1 ^'afrolcrh# ** hiif ♦Ka Tm * 



LOUIE DACRE DIES.. 

Louie Dacre died Saturday, Sept.. 21, 
at the Sloane Hospital, New York, of 
fibrous tumor. She had been suffering 
severely since Sept. 1, and has been 
very ill for a year or more. Miss 
Dacre entered the hospital about three 
weeks ago to secure relief but without 
entertaining much hope. 

Services were held Tuesday in the 
Campbell Chapel, with Episcopalian 
services. The funeral arrangements 
were taken in charge by James Mc- 
Intyre (McIntyre and Heath), father- 
in-law of the deceased. Henry Ches- 
terfield, representing the National 
Vaudeville Artists, of which Miss 
Dacre was a^member, paid tribq<-e to 
the dead woman. Many , professionals 
and friends attended the services. 

Louie Dacre for many years occu- 
pied a position all her own in bur- 
lesque. She was known and famed 
throughout the circuits and in her day 
was a distinct drawing attraction. Of 
talent and quite some personal charm. 
Miss Dacre made herself felt in any 
performance. She contributed at dif- 
ferent times many writings of her own 
to Varibtt. Several of these were in 



and. then played "straight," but making tho 
sldelyheel comics, Joe Freed and George Hart 
earn their money. I 
Wilton does well entugh, having a good 
stage appearance, but using too much of the' 
rough attitude toward. all of the other prin- 
cipals. Freed has improved his comedy efforts. 
He was with Wilton last ' season and now 
works to better advantage. Hart acquits him- 
self creditably, but seemed content at times to 
let Freed handle all tbe comedy. 

Johnny Crosby Is doing a “wop” character 
and also a “dope” in the second part. Crosby 
may know little about "lines,” but when warb- 
ling a ballad alone be Is there. 

Of the women, Mable Clark Is back, but 
keeping herself wUbln bounds. Even In tbe 
finale of tbq second part when she flashed her 
’ "flgger” In full tights, she kept as decorous 
'was possible. Mabel Lee Is rather viva- 
cious and displayed herself In different out- 
fits of tights of resplendent colors,./ 

Gerhardy persists In laying partiralar stress 
on the program as to bis “Paprika Cborus.” 
As tbe most natural voice was that shown by 
one of tbe cborus girls, Rene Vivienne, sbe Is 
entrusted wltb tbe prima donna work and 
handled her numbers with credltr-Ebo also 
took time to demonstrate a nifty shape for a 
woman of Amazonian type. ' 

Wilton has worked in a "bit” of a serious 
nature with attention vividly directed on the 
waK with two principals dressed as a soldier 
and nurse, respectively. It doesn’t fit In bur- 
lesque but these are war times. But it stirs 
up patriotism through the unaffected way that 
the two characters are Impersonated. 

It Is not tbe best show on the wheel. Neither 
Is It tho worst. It strikes a sufficiently happy 
medium to hold Its own with the' majority, 

ifarfc. 

NATIONAL WINTER GARDEN OUT. 

With the business getting worse 
each recurring week at the National 
Winter Garden, the American Bur- 
lesque Association heads and the 
Minsky Brothers, operating the Gar- 
den, mutually agreed to discontinue 
the American bookings there after 
,Qct. 12. Stock will be resumed. 

None of the American shows has 
played to profit since the house start- 
ed burlesque early in August. 

Another theatre may be added, one 
adjacent to New York, but for the 
present the dropping of the Garden 
will put a week’s layoff on the cir- 
cuit. 

LON HASCALL IN ACT. 

A vaudeville act has been formed by 
Lon Hascall and Johnny Johnston. 

Mr. Hascall for several years was 
a feature in burlesque, leaving it after 
last season when he headed one of- the 
Jack Singer shows, 

CANCELLING CAMP STAND. 



In private life Miss Dacre was Mrs, 
William J. McIntyre, Her husband is' 
now with “Paris by Night” (American 
burlesque wheel). Following her mar'^ 
riage Mrs. McIntyre started a suit for 
alienation of affections against her 
husband's father, but the case never 
reached trial. 

The deceased was around SO years of 
age. , 

I 

BURLESQUE CHANGES. 

James E. Cooper and Billy Wells af- 
ter a tour of their shows made a num- 
ber of changes in the casts. In “The 
Trail Hitters,” Vic Plant has replaced 
Johnny Weber and Jack Dempsey is 
doing Charles Edwards’ work. George 
Brennan is now in “A Mile a Minute,” 
replacing Burt Scott. Elmer Tenley’s 
part in the "Sight Seers” is being 
played by J. Karney. George Slocum 
has replaced Meyer Harrie in “Paris 
By Night” (Ed. F. Rush’s show). In 
the "Blue Birds” Evelyn Ferriss re- 
places Sedal Bennett. 

Marjorie Hilton will join “High 
Fliers,” replacing Grace Howard. 

Feiber & Shea's Sunday Film in Ohio. 

Although other theatrical interests 
ipay continue the Sunday show plan 
m Ohio, the Feiber & Shea offices have 
decided that none of their Ohioan 
holdings will attempt any perform- 
ances on the Sabbath, but instead will 
ofifer straight picture shows. 

Musical Players at Grand, Columbus. 

Columbus, O., Sept. 2S. 

The Musical Players at the Grand 
are playing their fifth week. They are 
putting on "Three Twins.” This makes 
the 17th consecutive week in Colum- 
bus, as they played 12 weeks at a 
summer park in the suburbs. 

LARGEST LOAN SIGN. 

Syracuse, N. Y., Sept, 2S. 

The largest painted Liberty Loan 
sign in the United States is on the 
north wall of the new Keith Theatre 
building in S. Salina street. 

Fifty by 80 feet of wfill space is 
covered by a reproduction ofthe iLib- 
erty Loan poster that won the $1,000 
prize in the New York Art League 
contest. 



Owing to the Spanish influenza epi- 
demic whiiih has gripped the different 
army cantonments and camps in the 
east the American burlesque shows 
are passing up their regularly sched- 
uled dates for the Dix Theatre, 
Wrightstown, N. J,, owing to the 
quarantine which has been placed on 
^^p Dix and adjacent territory . 



Another vaudeville road show for the 
camps is proposed by Jack Shea, start- 
ing Oct. 17 at Camp Dix, N. J., accord- 
ing to his present plan. / 

“Loveland” with 14 girls will be in it, 
also Master George Dewey, the Ad- 
miral’s grandson, who will head the 
ttipupe with Sherman and DeForrest. 



IMPROVEMENTS ORDEMD. 

As quickly as. possible the Executive 
heads of the American' Burlesque As- 
sociation are ordering changes in the 
shows that on their first eastern ap- 
pearance have failed to measure up to 
the standard set by the circuit. 

One of the first was the T. W. Din- 
kins’ show, “Innocent Maidens,” with 
others now instructed to strengthen 
and.4niprove without delay. Morris 
■Wainstock’s “Military Maids” is under 
censorship, with 'Wainstock instructed 
to change his entire first part and also 
make at least two changes in his prill- 
cipSils* 

James E. (Bluch) Cooper’s “Trail 
Hitters," which had the title of “Army 
and Navy Girls” last season, is also 
under reorganization, the scenery and 
costume, however, reported as being 
good. 

Several changes have been volun- 
tarily made .-in Ed. F. Rush's show, 
“Paris By Night." 

END JF GRAMLICH STOCKS. 

Owing to financial troubles and in- 
ability to l>ay salaries the last of the 
stock burlesque companies organized 
by. Charles Gramlich, also credited 
with having written the pieces and 
staged them, which have been at the 
Warburton, Yonkers, now closed, and 
at the 14th Street, New York, is wind- 
ing up its unsuccessful organization 
this week. The withdrawal of Gram- 
lich from producing does not mean 
the closmg of the 14th Street, which 
is under lease to the Feldman Amuse- 
ment Co. (Nick Feldman, general di- 
rector). The stock policy will be con- 
tinued there, with a new company, 
headed by Leo Stevens next week. 

The Stevens company, including 
Gertie DeMilt, May Leavitt^nd others 
will be under the management of Fdd- 
man. 

UNKNOWN CENSOR INSPECTED. 

The American Burlesque Associa- 
tion now. has quite a compiled list of 
show reports on many of its ' travel- 
ing troupes, the “unknown censor” 
having 'just Completed a tour of the 
west and northwest, looking over the 
shows and reporting accordingly. 

Just who the censor is the American 
offices will not reveal, but some of tbe 
producing managers have an idea as to 
the identity of the man giving their 
shows the “official close up.” 

JACK CONWAY IS 49. 

John Francis Conway, featured with 
“Liberty Girls,” is in the second draft 
call, age 40. 

THE WANDERING ACTOR. 

By CLEM BEVINS. 

No, I never cared about taking orders 
And so I drifted across qur borders, 

I landed once down In Mexico, 

’Twas sure no place for a Yank to go— 

With Its sagebrush, cactus, heat and sand. 
They ought to name It “No Man’s Land.” 

I found the Hun there, be hated a Yank, 

He taught the Oreaserp -we were rotten, rank, 
But I didn’t pay much attention. 

Then later on at Mission Inn, 

A wonderful^ quaint hotel, sans din,- 
At Riverside, In that grand old stats 
Made famous by Its Golden Gate — 

IT culls Its guests from everywhere, 

French, English, Russian, Hun were therei 
When the Hun said we were Just plal i punk 
I began to think that be was -a skunk, 

’Though I didn’t pay much attention. 

But when I arrived In Edmonton, 

Way up north near tho midnight sun. 

And found that instead of Canadian 
Land owners were Hun and Austrian— 

Who were getting rich from the Wheat up 

there. 

While Canueks were fighting In Franco some- 
where, 

I began to think that I’d been a blank 
For the Hun even there taught hatred of Tank, 
And I be^ 

Now I’m back In my own UNITED STATES, 
And I'm praying that wo can close tbe gates 
Of the land, the air and the sea to tho swine 
Who boasts of his Kaiser, his beer and the 

Rhine. 

I’m happy, I’m glad, I’m giving thanks 
'That my homo’s where It Is, GOD bless my 

Yanks. 

If my country needs me now, or next fall. 

You’ll find me there at that old roll call, 

.And you bet I’ll pay attention. i 



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Cohan & Harris have sold the 
Australian . rights to “Three Faces 
East” to J. C. Williamson, 

Jos. Eckle is booking tl?e Majestic, 
Albany, N. Y. It plays five abts on a 
-split week policy. 

Benny Leonard will stage the mu- 
sical numbers for the burlesque stock 
at^ the Crescent, Brooklyn. 

Tunis Dean} has been appointed man- 
ager of “Tiger Rose,” which opens a 
four weeks’ engagement in Philadel- 
phia, starting Sept. 30. 

The Portland, Portland, Me., has re- 
turned to the three-a-day vaudeville 
policy, after a trial of the continuous 
during the past month. 

May Tully is reported having gone 
to South America some time ago on a 
business trip connected with the- 
atricals, besides another mission. 

Although handling the management 
of the Riveria for the Shuberts Charles 
A. Burt is continuing his booking 
office in the Longacre Building. 

.'A. letter in The Forum of Variety 
last week signed “Ward” should have 
been signed Nord (formerly of Francis 
and Nord). 

A1 Leichter is booking the Sunday 
concerts at the Crescent, Brooklyn, 
starting this week. Six acts make up 
the bill. 

Bill Love and Mike Manton have 
taken out a road company of “Flo 
Flo," scheduled to play southern 
dates. 

Tho Stage Women’s War Relief 
Committee has elected Shelly Hull 
to a position on it. Mr. Hull will rep- 
resent the Actors’ Equity Association. 

Rose Mullaney, regarded as one of 
the best informed persons in dramatic 
agency circles, has resigned from 

Chamberlain Brown’s office. 

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Schlesinger will take out a road pro- 
duction of “The Blue Pearl," with dates 
tentatively marked ih through the 
Shubert houses. 

AI~RydeII, former ticket-taker at 
Keith’s Royal, Bronx, is at the Alham- 
bra in the same capacity after a vaca- 
tion of three months. 

Frank Fay will remain with “The 
Passing Show” and has taken back 
his notice, receiving a play or pay con- 
trace for three years. 

Andrew Toombes and Rena Parker 
have again returned to their principal 
roles in John Cort’s “No. 1” “Flo Flo,” 
in Philadelphia this week. 



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ON AND AFTER OCT. IITH 

Having withstood following 
the lead of nearly all papers and 
< periodicals in increasing the 
sales price up to the present . 
Variety, as the other papers did, 
has found it necessary to raise 
the newstand price, to IS cents 
commencing with the issue of 
.October 11. From that date on- 
ward its subscription' will be 
domestic, annually, and $7 for- 
eign (including Canada). 

Until October 11 the present 
newsstand price of 10. cents will 
Ibe in effect, also the present sub- 
scriptions—^, domestic, annually 
and $5 foreign (including 
Canada). 

VARIETY 

WILL BE 

NON-RETURNABLE 

y 

with and after the issue of 
Oct. 25th.^ 

Following the regulations and' 
suggestions of the War Indus- 
tries Board, issued at Wasliing- 
ton and applicable to idl papers 
other than- dailies, to conserve 
the paper supply (these regula- 
tions also limiting all papers 
other than dailies to a definite 
yearly allotment, based on pre- 
vious usage, with si reduction of 
10 per cent, of the quantity used 
by each paper for the past year) 
Variety will be non-returnable. 

The return privilege to news 
companies and dealers has been 
extended without restriction by 
the theatrical trade press. It 
was necessary in part owing to 
the continuous floating circula- 
tion a theatrical 'paper enjoys. 
It is a hardship upOn a theatrical 
paper to cut off the return privi- 
lege, which means that the news 
companies and news dealers will 
only order that quantity they are 
certain they can dispose of. Un- 
sold copies Cannot be returned 
after October 25. 

It may inconvenience readers 
of Variety who will want tho 
paper. If permanently located 
an order should be placed for 
regular delivery of Variety to 
you by your news dealer. 

The most certain way after 
petober 25 is to subscribe. Tlfe 
paper will be mailed to a perma- 
nent address or en route. 

Subscriptions will be accepted 
at the present subscription rates 
up to October 11. The domestic 
rate, $4 yearly, allows a reader 
to secure the paper at a price 
that averages weekly below the 
current newsstand price of 10 
cents. 

The regulations of the War 
Industries Board, besides pro- - 
viding for other savings in^paper, 
calls upon all papers to abolish 
any free list and to limit sub- 
scriptions to those only paid in 
advance, whether new or re- 
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The Strand, Raleigh, N. C, opens its 
season of vaudeville Oct. 7, with five 
acts on a split week placed through 
Jule Delmar in the United Booking 
Office. 

“The Bird of Paradise” at the Alvin, 
Pittsburgh, last week, drew over $J3,- 



000. This is the eighth season for the 
“Bird” and its seventh visit in Pitts- 
burgh. 

The Liber^ and Gordon Square' the- 
atres, Cleveland, are backed by M. 
Shea of the Shea-Brandt Agency, that 
city. . John H. McCarren is the New 
York representative. 

Four treasurers lost in four weeks 
via Draft is the record of the Baker 
theatre, Dover, N. J., managed by Pete 
Woodhull. The Baker now has a 
woman in charge of the box office. 

Oliver T. Bailey has placed a new 
play in rehearsal, entitled “A Stitch in 
Time,” which he proposes to bring out 
at once in New York during his Fulton 
Theatre administration. 

“Miss Blue Ey^ (Harvey D. Orr, 
manager), with cast recruited in New 
York by the Matt Grdu offices, makes 
its premiere at the Trent, Trenton, 
Sept. 27. 

Robert Fulgbra, in England for sev- 
eral seasons, has< been booked to ap- 
pear in that country until 1921, with 
but six open weeks between now and 
then. 

Rosie Rosenblatt, formerly in the 
Public Service ticket agency, arid late- 
ly of the Broadway Theatre Ticket 
Company, is now assistant treasurer 
of the new Central. 

Jack Osterman--(son of Jake Rosen- 
thal and Katheryri Osterman) has been 
commissioned by Florrie Millership to 
write a new act for her vaudeville tour 
next season. Miss Millership is now 
singing three-of Osterman’s songs. 

. Tho six story and basement building 
at 3S3-3SS West 48th street has been 
leased by the Shuberts for ten years 
from James P. Kennedy. The lease 
calls for a total of $65,000. James J. 
Etchin'gh negotiated the lease. 

A Chicago firm is bringing its new 
production of “The Brute of Berlin” 
into eastern territory, having heard 
that the pickings since the start of 
the season has been good for war 
shows. ' 

Tho Vrestern company cri'ganized to 
play “Three Faces East” opens in Buf- 
falo, Oct. 7, for a week and then jumps 
to Chicago for a run at the Olytripic. 
Lillian Tucker will have the leading 
female role. 

Thomas Oliphant, ahead of “Getting 
Together” under the auspices of the 
British-Canadian Recruiting Mission 
for the past few weeks, has resumed 
his position as dramatic editor of the 
“Evening Mail.” 

The Park, Stapleton, S. I., starts a 
vaudeville policy next week, playing 
five acts on a split week, booked by 
Fally Markus. Mr. Markus is taking 
over the Strand, White Plains, N. Y., 
,and will probably play vaudeville in it. 

Judge J. L. Carleton, St. Johns, N. B,, 
has been awarded the $500 prize in the 
Canadian play contest inaugurated by 
George F. Driscoll, manager of^ His 
Majesty’s, Montreal. The play is to 
be, produced in November. The title 
is “The Crimson Wing.” 

The circus which Perry and Gorman 
are putting on for the United States 
Government to make a 16-week ^ 
of tfi^ Uibef ty' cifeuif 
its opening until Dec. 12, due to the 
quarantine on the camps from the 
Spanish influenza epidemic. 

“Three ' Wise Men,” the Austin 
Strong comedy Smith & Golden are 
producing, will have its out-of-town 
premiere at Hartford Oct. 14. Edwin 
Arden, Claude Gillingpvater, Charles 



VOLUNTEERS 
OVER THERE! 

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List of Artists Who Have Gone 
Overseas as Members of America’s 
Over There Theatre League Units 
to Entertain the American Expe- 
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ditions to the List Will Be Made 
After Each Succeeding Unit Sails. 

The Name of Teams are Printed 
First, Followed by Individuals in 
Alphabetical Order. 

Recent Departures Are Indicated by 
* After Names. 



IRENE FRANKLIN and 
BURTON GREEN 
WILL CRESSY and 
BLANCHE DAYNE 
TONY HUNTING and 
CORINNE FRANCES 
JAMES F. KELLY and 
EMMA POLLOCK 
HORACE WRIGHT and 
RENE DIETRICH 
JOHNNY CANTWELL and 
RETA WALKER 
HENRY MARCUS and 
ERMIEN WHITELL 
MARY McFarland and 
MARIE McFarland 
MABELLE ADAMS 
HARRY ADLER 
MAUDE ALLEN 
NELLA ALLEN 
ALFRED ARMAND 
LUCIE BABCOCK 
VERA BARSTOW 
GEORGE BOTSFORD 
ELIZABETH BRICE 
MARY CAMERON 
LOUISE CARLYLE 
BESSIE CARRETT 
HOWARD T. COLLINS 
JACK COOK 
KATE CONDON 
MARION DANA* 

HELENE DAVIS 
DOROTHY DONNELLY 
LEO DONNELLY 
MILDRED EVANS 
AMPERITO FARRAR 
MRS. FARRAR 
MADELINE GLYNN 
HELEN GOFF 
WILLIAM GOULD 
THOMAS J. GRAY 
GILBERT GREGORY 
GRACE HENRY 
AMY HORTON 
WILL J. KENNEDY 
DAVID LERNER 
DANIEL C. MclVOR 
LIDA McMILLAN 
EDWARD MARSHALL 
MARGARET MAYO 
LOIS MEREDITH 
GEORGE AUSTIN MOORE 
WILL MORRISSEY 
PATRICIA O’CONNOR 
HAL PEARSON 
MARION SCHAEFFER* 
PAULA SHERMAN 
BERT SNOW 
HENRY SOUVAINE 
RAYMOND WALKER 
INEZ WILSON 

Lait and Helen Menken arc in the 
cast. 

Incoming reports from show.s from 
the States indicate Canadian territory 
has started out nicely, with the girly 
shows getting the biggest play. In two 
stands in particular a certain show 
,4i4-gr^:tes-bu^^ than it lUd on it.<? 
engagements there last season. 

A comedy, entitled . “Irene O’Dare,” 
which Cohan & Harris tried out in 
Stamford last spring, has been defi- 
nitely shelved in its present form. 
It may be made into a tmisical play 
for next season. Louis Hirsh will com- 
pose the score. 



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LIGHTLESS NIGHTS’ REMEDY 

SUGGE STED B Y MANAGERS 

Broadway’s Side Street $2 Theatres Suffering from Four Full 
Lightless Nights Weekly. Pr^erOpenmg Hour Each 
Night for Lights.' Plan Economical for 
Conservation Through Actual Time 
Saving. Strangers Only 
Know Broadway. 






\ With the new theatrical season ap- 
proaching full stride, an appeal for 
what is considered a more equitable 
ruling on the four lightless nights 
^ order has taken form. The reason- 
ableness of the suggestions made may 
lead to the: matter being handled vig- 
orously through the United Managers’ 
Protective Association. 

The most important change advo- 
cated is that instead of theatre electric 
signs being permitted to burn with 
other signs for four or five hours on 
Friday, Saturday and Sunday only, to 
permit the theatre signs to be illumin- 
ated for one hour or for ah hour and 
a quarter at show time — ^7.30 to 8.4S— 
on each evening, in exchange for the 
long showings on the three week-end 
nights. 

Such a plan would not only help the 
, theatres but would act as /a force for 
.^further fuel conservation over the 
present order. The hourly illumina- 
tion nightly would entail the lighting 
of signs but seven hours weekly as 
compared with a minimum of 12 hours 
weekly allowed at present (four hours 
nightly for three' nights). 

Complaint of the present order and 
suggestions for a correction comes 
mostly from managers'of houses situ- 
ated on adjacent streets and managers 
of attractions in those houses', rather 
than from theatres located directly on 
Broadway, the latter being of ihe 
lesser number. 

There is considerable truth in the 
claim side street houses are handi- 
capped by dark exteriors. Broadway 
draws a healthy percentage of its 
business from visitors, and that class 
of patrons is not acquainted with the 
'exact location of theatres off Broad- 
way. The suggestion of nightly il- 
lumination is acceptable to managers 
of all houses, except where pictures 
are exhibited on a two-show nightly 
basis. Those houses are in the very 
small minority as far as the Times 
square district is concerned. 

The suggestion has been made that 
an appeal be made to the Fuel Ad- 
ministratioti to place theatre sighs 
outside the class of non-essential ad- 
vertising, into which class are all out- 
door electric signs. Managers say 
that other industries are permitted to 
use all the light and power necessary 
even during the daytime, and as elec- 
tric signs are essential to the theatre 
during the opening hour, the order 
should be changed. 

The managers do not seek to change 
the order on the advertising signs 
which allows them to be illuminated 
for the latter end of the week. They 
. :3ay -the niatter of-eontrolling the :the-- 
atre signs and limiting them nightly 
to the admittance hour can be easily 
regulated by outfitting the signs with 
clock switches, which would auto- 
matically shut off current at 8.4S. 

Detr^oit, Sept. 25. 

H. Somerville, manager of the Drury 
Lane Theatre here, has solved the 



lightless nights by the use of Ptesto 
tanks, which enables him to burn four 
arcs outside. 

, PHILIPP’S SEASON. 

, Adolf Philippi inaugurated his season 
of dramatic and musical stock in Eng- 
lish at the Yorkville Tue'sday evening 
with a production of “Tell That to the 
Marines,” a comedy drama by himself 
and Edward A. Paulton. During the 
season he will present the following 
plays : “A Kiss in the Dark,” musical 
farce by James Watson, music by Ar- 
thur Gunning; “A Joyride,” farce in 
three acts from the French by Eduard 
Rlgaut; “Miles from Nowhere,” farce 
comedy by Philipp and Paulton; 
“Tainted Money,” a play by Alfonse 
Duchois ; “Three Good Things” ; com- 
edy by Philipp; “Sh, It's a Secret,” 
farce comedy from the French by 
Emile Barbou; “Fie-Fie-Fi-Fi,” mu- 
sical comedy by Philipp and Paulton; 
“It Haifpens Every Day,” play by Paul 
Afdot. 

He has the house on a percentage 
arrangement with Marcus Lopw. 

REVIVING “YbuRS TRULY.” 

Tl\e Arthur Pearson production of 
“Yours" Truly," played briefly last 
spring with a Chicago showing in- 
cluded, is to be revived next month by 
the producer, under the new- title of 
(“Marry A Girl.” 

Negotiations are on for Cecil Lean 
and Cleo Mayfield to head the show, 
with Harold Orlob and Otto Haurbach 
concerned in the rewriting of it. 

T. Roy Barnes was the featured 
member, book by Tommy Gray, when 
first produced. Thq, piece is reported 
representing about $36,000 to Mr. Pear- 
son to date. 

PREPARING ‘TETER’iS MOTHER.” 

William A. Brady, Ltd.,' has in re- 
hearsal a piece called “Peter’s 
Mother,” by Mrs. Henry de la Pasture. 
It is an English comedy that ran 700 
nights in London, with Marion Terry 
in the leading role. / 

In the cast are Lumsden Hare, He- 
lene Johnson, Phillip , Tong, Gypsy 
O’Brfen. 

GRACE VALENTINE POPULAR. 

Chicago, Sept. 25. 

Grace Valentine has been the life- 
saver in the publicity line for the local 
engagement of “Lombardi, Ltd.” Last 
Sunday Percy Hammond gave her 
pretty face the entire “layout” for the 
week) and A.^hton Stevens devoted his 
entire Sunday article to the fair 
comedienne. 

Mis:! Valentine became immensely 
popular here, in the long “Help 
Wanted” run. 

“BEN HUR’S” PEOPLE. 

Sept. 30 has been set as the date for 
• |he-<>penjng of -‘®en Hur’" 3t- the -Lex»- 
ington. Rehearsals are now under way 
since last week. Robert W. Frazer 
will take the role of Ben i Hur this 
year, with William Wagoner and 
Walter Sherman playing Messala and 
Simonides. Virginia Howell, Mildred 
Bright, Mabel Montgomery; Stella 
Boniface Weaver and Ann Reader are 
also in the cast. 



BILL SUNDAY IN PROVIDENCE. 

Providence, R. I., Sept. 25. 

Bill Sunday, accompanied by “Ma” 
Sunday and the rest of the Sunday 
staff, arrived in Providence Saturday, 
and “Billy” opened his six-week cam- 
paign here at the tabernacle Sunday, 
when he put forth some of His usual 
hot shots in three spicy sermons be- 
fore tens of thousands. 

The city turned out to welcome him 
and he smiled and said .“God Bless 
You” to everybody he shook hands 
with. He will be here six weeks and 
-theatrical managers are now awaiting 
to see what effect his campaign is to 
h^ve on their attendance figures and 
cash receipts. 

Bill has hit the Germans, the sins 
of society, the painted faced dolls of 
the city, the slackers- and unpatriotic 
and about everybody he can think of 
so far, as yet has not hit the play- 
hou^s although perhaps he didn’t 
hear about th^Salome dance in "Miss . 
I Don’t Know'” at the Shubert Maj- 
estic last week. \ 

$3,000 FOR ONE JUMP. 

" It will cost Elliott, Comstock & Gest 
$3,000 to bring their “Wanderer” com- 
pany from Wisconsin, to fill in time at 
the Manhattan Opera House, opening 
next Monday, for four weeks. David 
Warfield in “The Auctioneer” will fol- 
low “The Wanderer.” -- 

“Tiger Rose,” the Belasco show, now 
at the Manhattan, closing this week for 
its month’s stay, has done a lesser busi- 
ness than during its closing weeks at 
the Lyceum. 

i FRAZEE’S DEFAULT OPENED. 

Alexander A. Aarons’ suit against 
H. H. Frazee concerning the latter’s 
alleged infringement on the Australian* 
rights to Fred Jackson’s “A Full 
House” came up before Justice Phil- 
bin in the Supreme Court Monday." 

Frazee’s application to open the 
default and defend the action, filed . 
through his attorney, Leon Laski, was 
granted. Judge Philbin directed Frazee 
-to furnish a surety company bpnd to 
secure judgment which might be 
entered against hiip, as requested by 
the plaintiff’s counsel, Henry J. & 
Frederick E. Goldsmith. 

The action is a result of Aaron’s 
allegations that Frazee sold the 
Australian rights to Hugh Ward for 
$3,500 without consulting Aarons; who 
alleges he only is the owner of the 
world’s rights to the farce, having 
previously sold to Frazee the United 
States and Canadian territory. 

"LESTER’S” CAST. 

“Listen Lester,” John Cort’s third 
musical play thus far this season and 
known earlier as “All for You” and 
“Mile. Flirt,” vnll open in Washington, 
Oct. 14. 

The cast holds Emma Carus, Ger- 
trude Vanderbilt, Clifton Webb, Scott 
Welch. Eddie Garvie, Ruth Maybe, 
Ethel Boyd, Savo and Cook. 

Concerned in the authorship are 
George Stoddard, Harry Cort and 
Harold Orlop. Max Figman is staging 
the production, and Edward Marks is 
putting on the dances.. * 

Rabbi and Priest Characters. 

“His Little Brother," the first of 
several plays listed for production by 
Walter Hast, is scheduled to open in 
Buffalo, Oct. *7. The leads are Walker 
Whitesides and Tyrone Power, who 
play a rabbi and a priest respectively. 
The cast also includes Edith Lattimer 
and Sam Sidman. 



QUESTIONING 

District Attorney Swann and assist- 
ants Tally and Kilroe bdgan investi- 
gating theatre ticket speculators Mon- 
day, calling many “specs” to head- 
quarters by summons. 

The ticket men ^^cre kept waiting 
from' one o’clock until 4.45 and then 
appeared before the district attornej^ 
in a body. Mr. Swann administered 
a severe lecture telling the men that 
they should be in the army instead 
of profiteering in tickets. This brought 
forth a strenuous objection by Matty 
Zimtnerman (representing the Public 
Service Ticket agency), who explained 
his agency was selling below the box 
office price and the summons to his 
agency had been in error. 

The investigation began over the 
sale of a 50-cent ticket to the Hippo- 
drome to a soldier who was charged 
$2. Zimmerman claimed his agency 
was doing a service for the men in 
uniforpi. 

The particular aim of the district 
attorney’s office is to eliminate the 
sidewalk operators who work with 
store entrances as a base. These men 
have been particularly active near the 
Hippodrome. It was shown one head- 
quartered in a United Cigar store. Mr. 
Tally said that the “ball would be kept 
rolling,” meaning a continuation of the 
investigation. He thought ticket men 
should all operate along the lines of 
Tyson and McBride, charging a stand- 
ard 50 cent advance on all tickets. 
Other brokers with established offices 
charge that those two big agencies 
are attempting to set themselves up 
as models and seek to eliminate as 
many others to reduce competition. 
The illness of Mr. Kilroe interrupted 
the investigation Tuesday. Among 
ticket men the opinion is that the dis- 
trict attorney is aiming at the ' side- 
walk men. 

V J. S. Jacobs, with an agency at the' 
Normandie Hotel, created a diversion 
by voluntarily showing a letter prov- 
ing he paid a bonus to a wealthy 
Metropolitan opera subscriber fbr the 
privilege of selling the subscriber’s 
seats. >.- 



BOWERS’ MUSICAL SHOW. 

The new Fred V. Bowers’ show, 
“I’m So Happy," will be produced this 
season by the Adaline Amusement Co. 
(Max Spiegel, managing director), the 
tour starting Oct. 7 at Perth Amboy, 
N. J. The music is by Bowers, book 
by Victor Gabarie and lyrics by 
Arthur J. Lamb, with Lew Morton 
producing. Bowers will 'be sirred. 
After a week of one-nighters the show 
goes into Baltimore, then Washing- 
ton, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, 
etc. 

The cast includes Frank Morgan,- 
Olivet Rivers, Frank De Cordover, 
Mary Kilcoyne, Edward Sedan, Wil- 
liam De Vens, Irina Bertrand, Dolly 
Castles, Alma Youlin, Hal R. Dyson 
(musical director). Musical numbers 
are arranged by A1 J. Doyle, with the 
music published by Waterson, Berlin 
& Snyder. 

GUS KILL’S LATEST. 

The Captain and the Kids" is a 
new musical comedy Gus Hill will pro- 
duce next month. Written by Ffahk 
Kennedy with the score by Seymour 
Furth, it will have a “jazz" band as a 
special feature. 

Rehearsals began Monday with the 
opening date set for Oct. 14 at Eliza- 
beth, N. J. 



Cope Chairman of Village Theatre. 

John Cope was elected chairman of 
the executive committee of the Green- 
wich Village Theatre, which Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles Coburn have taken over. 

Edwin Carty Ranck, formerly dra- 
matic* editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, 
was appointed general presa represen- 
tative for the Players. 



AGENT GETS.-:GATE.-....-.--..- 

A New York dramatic agent has been 
given the gate by at least three big 
New York producing offices who have 
instructed outside attendants to bar 
him admission at all times. The 
methods of the agent in question have 
not’bee^ to the liking of the producers 
who have barred him from their 
offices. 






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ALL- AMUSEMENT mu ANCE TO 
CARRY C LAIMS T O CONGRESS 

Proposed Unity of All Branches of Stage and Screen 
Industries to Make Possible Solid Front on Congi^s- 
sional Protests At Capitol — New Plan Both 
Feasible and Economical. 



An informal but important meeting 
was suddenly called Tuesday afternoon 
by the United Managem’ Protective 
Association, president Marc Klaw pre- 
j siding with the idea of ‘'forming a 
close alliance between the U. M. P. A. 
and the National Association of the 
Motion Picture Industry. 

idea is that when matlters per- 
taining to the whole field of amuse- 
ments arise, such a proposed alliance 
will be able to show a united front and 
sameness of purpose, instead of at- 
tempting to obtain results through sep- 
arate. channels. It was the sense of 
the meeting that it was time that the 
various divisions of theatricals get to- 
gether; that the ; divisions combine;, 
that it is wasteful and might be futile 
to seek remedy as individual bodies, 
legitimate, vaudeville, burlesque or pic- , 
, tures, 'when the interest of one is 
nearly always to the interest of all. 

The meeting was deemed important 
in its endeavor to effect concerted 
strength at a time when Congress 
proposes to increase admissions taxes. 
The $8,000,000 revenue bill up to the 
j Senate for final action now holds _ a 
schedule of 20 per cent, for all admis- 
sions. Representatives of the several 
theatrical sections were in Washing- 
ton recently attempting to secure a 
modification. Reports have it the mo- 
tion picture people made a bad impres- 
sion before the law makers. It is 
claimed that some picture men advo- 
cated the -20 per cent, for application 
to the higher priced theatres, feeling 
the public would be forced to turn to 
picture houses for amusement. 

It is felt that representatives of th'e 
aniusement field in total will be able 
to present to the lawmakers now and 
in the future a stronger argument for 
protection and would enjoy better 
chances of success with the proposed 
coalition becoming effected. 

Washington, D. C, Sept. 25. 

The revenue bill is before the Sen- 
ate for final passage. Theatrical men 
arrived here Monday to present to the 
Senatorial Committee reasons why the 
admissions tax should not be doubled, 
as now provided in the bill.- Although 
the upp^r house does not often change 
. provisions as incorporated by the 
House, it is reported here- that there 
is a chance to change the 20 per cent, 
clause. In other lines- of industry 
when taxes have been raised, it has 
been suggested to the industries tjiat 
they raise prices. Such a move is not 
thought possible, however, in the 
amusement field, as the rate scales 
' are about as high as possible now. 

Experts who have given the tax mat- 
— ter consideration as far as the^ricals 
go are pointing out that the -20 per 
cent, clause is not going to affect the 
moderate price class of houses. They 
say that when the 10 per cent, tax 
went into effect many theatres took 
..occasion . to increas 
a reason that such a move wofild elimi- 
nate the use of pennies. 

' Some picture houses are now. charg- 
ing 30 cents, whereas they formerly 
charged a quarter and likewise many 
charge 60 cents, whereas the old price 
was, SO cents. The managers of such 
houses when accused of really colledt- 
ing 20 per cent and turning 10 per 



cent, over to the collector, Ireplidd that 
-they had raised prices. WitiT the old 
admission prices in effect the impos- 
ing of 20 per cent, would not change 
the^ present scale in many of the mod- 
erate priced theatres. Many houses 
are charging 85 cents for the former 
75 cent tickets, and there again an 
extra price or increase of 2 cents (over 
the actual tax) is reaped by such 
houses. Any number of theatres are 
reported to have increased their scale 
a great deal more within the past year.; 

It has been suggested a sliding scale 
be, substituted for the straigjht 20 per 
cent, admissions tax, if the increase is 
upheld by 'the Senate. This sugges- 
tion has in mind the impost of 20 per 
cent, on the moderate spts, since 
there would be no actual increase in 
the present rates or at least very lit- 
tle, and as the„ prices go higher the 
percentage to be lessened. This would 
make forvbut a slight advance oyer the 
present tax bn $2 and $2.50 admissions. 

WILLIAM C. THOMPSON DIES. 

Chicago, Sept. 25. 

William C Thompson, head of the 
Hagenback-Wallace show, one of the 
best known piress agents in the coun- 
try, died of pneumonia at the Amer- 
ican Theatrical Hospital Sept. 23, aged 
47 . 

Thompson was a newspaper man in 
New York, press agent for Pawnee 
Pill’s Wild West, the Far East show. 
Miller Bros. 101 Ranch, Barnum & 
Bailey, the New York Hippodrome, 
etc. 

He is survived by a widow in New 
York. The body was shipped to Nor- 
wich, Conn., for burial. 

AGREEMENT ON “RESERVES.” 

At the invitation of officials heading 
the fire department, managers at- 
tended a downtown meeting regarding 
safety condition# Monday. 

The managers were asked if they 
were satisfied with the presence of 
police reserves in the theatres. 

While there was no serious objec- 
tion, several regulations were outlined 
regarding such service. It was agreed 
that not more than one reserve officer 
was to be assigned each house and 
in the even.t of the reserve not ap- 
pearing, the managers] are to call up 
the nearest police station. 

The managers were also advised to 
reprimand reserv,e officers if they be- 
come obstreperous. 

MAY RUSH “THE CHEAT’ IN. 

William_„A, Bradys’ production of 
Willard iMack and Hector Turnbull’s 
adaptation of Turnbull’s photoplay 
“The Cheat” will have its tryout at 
Atlantic City the last half of this 
week, with Mary Nash and Jose Ruben 
starred- The principal support includes 
Frederick Truesdell apd Kenneth Hill. 

The piece had a preliminary canter 
this summer at Long Branch and As- 
bury Park. It may be brought into 
New York next Monday. The deal 
wagn’t^eompleted the ‘ f ore part = of the • 
current week. 

PRODUCING FILM AS COMEDY. 

It is reported that Klaw & Erlanger 
have a former film play, “The Haunted 
Pajamas” in hand, to be rewritten and 
produced by them as a comedy for 
the speaking stage. 



COMBINATION^DS ALLOWED. 

Chicago, Sept. 25. 

For the first time in Chicago history 
the newspaper have consented to pool- 
ing of ads in the daily display col- 
umns, . 

The K. & E. houses now run m a 
string, headed as “leading attractions,” 
and ^th a warning aganst buying 
seats from scalpers, while the Shubert 
theatres lead off with the names of 
their owners and also claim to be the 
best in town. . 

Some years ago, before the union 
of the syndicate and the opppsition, 
demands were made on the papers to 
permit this system, used in New York, 
and the papers refused^ holding out 
for each ad as individual, graded _an 
position according to the respective 
space taken. ■ . . 

NoW they allow the combined ads 
and grade them for . position according 
to the average of agate lines taken by 
each combination. This still gives an 
opportunity to put a small ad above 
a large one inside the borders of either 
.combination, leaving the way open 
for complaints of injustice apd discri- 
mination on the part of the producers 
whose shows are playing in those 
houses. y 

COLLIER-HOFFMAN RACIFIED. 

The difference between William Col- 
lier and Aaron Hoffman, star and aur 
thor, respectively, of “Nothing But 
Lies,” have been settled. The show 
is now in 'further rehearsal, pending 
filial changes, and is due for the Long- 
acre before 0(ft. 15. 

Mr. Collier threatened to leave the 
show, if his ideas were not carried out, 
and the author took the stand of put- 
ting the piece on janyhow with an- 
other, stpr. . 

The show fits Collier and part of 
the changes are being made. Out of 
town.feports predicted a hit for it on 
Broadway. 

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MAUD FULTON’S THEATRE. 

San Francisco, Sept. 25. 

Maul .Fulton, in association with 
George Ebey, recent manager of the 
McDonough, Oakland, have leased the 
Bishop Playhouse, Oakland. 

The name of the theatre is to be 
changed to the Maud Fulton Theatre. 

Miss Fulton opened her season Sun- 
day in “Mary, a String of Beads,” and 
will follow with “The Brat,” and other 
plays from her own pen. 

BAYES SHOW CHANGES. 

According to reports from out of 
town there will be some changes, if 
not already made, in the Nora Bayes 
show, “Look Who’s Here,” produced 
by H. H. Frazee. Those reported as 
going out are Arthur DCagon,_ A1 
Fields, Lew Cooper and Vibla Cain. 

Bill^ Kent and Florence Morrion, 
with Miss Bayes and Irving Fisher 
are scoring the,, hits of the piece. 

It is said Ha/ry Bulger may join, to 
replace Deagon. 

“GLORIANA” IN LIBERTY? , 

Philadelphia, Sept. 25. 

The people of John Cort’s “Gloriana,” 
which opened here Monday, seem con- 
fident the show is to take its New York 
bow at the Liberty in that city about 
Oct, 7. 

TRYING OUT “TORONTO.” 

Joe Weber, who controls the Amer- 
ican rights to “The Man from Toron- 
to,” is trying the English piece out 
this week in stock at the Hud^n, 
• Union Hillr under the. pL.. . T^ 

Maid, the Man and the. Money. 

NOT MARRIED— TO ANYONE. 

More to quiet reports than establish 
the fact she still remains single. Mane 
Astor, with Hammerstein’s new “Some- 
time,” states she is not married, to 
anyone, 



BOX OFFICE FIGHT. 

Within the locked box difice of the 
Riviera, which the Shuberts lately took 
over for booking, there occurred a 
miniature battle royal Saturday night. 

Manny Cancer, the house treasurer, 
was pitted against J. J. Shubert and 
Benj. Mallam, the latter beii« the 
Shuberts’ private detective. Cancer 
had been accused by the visitors of 
having ' tangled accounts, and when 
Mallam suddenly pinioned the trcasur- 
~er’s arms. Shubert struck Cancer in 
the face. Cancer unable to use his 
arms, kicked Shubert in the groin, 
broke away from Mallam, whom he .j 
thrust against the wall, took another 
thrust at J. J. and exited from the . 
box office. ' 

The affair is reported to be the out- , j 
come of certain operations by Mallam, 
who became peeved at Cancer, it is 
said, because the latter refused to aid i 
him. Cancer had forced Mallam out > i 
of the box, office some days ago and 
handed in his resignation to Lee Shu- 
bert Thursday, last. The latter told 
him to return to the job and pay no 
attention to the matter. 

Sunday Mr. Luisi, representing the 
Ocean Accident & (Suarantee Co,, , 

which bonds the Shubert employees, 
was on hand with an accountant to 
check up the statements, and the 
eount-up resulted in showing that the 
treasurer was $3 over. / . ^ 

Cancer is generally well liked and 
regarded as . efficient. He placed the 
entire matter before his attorney, 
Nathaii Burkan, with the avowed in- 
tention of starting action. 

“DOING OUR BIT” CLOSING. 

Cincinnati, Sept. 25, 

“Doing Our Bit” closes .here Satur- 
day, the company returning to New 
York. It is said to be the first big 
Winter Garden attraction to flop so 
early on the road. Business has been 
bad and never did recover after the 

weak finish of tjie Chicago stay, where 
the run was suddenly terminated early 
in August. 

Business in Chicago grew steadily 
worse after the accident to Frank Tin- v 
ney, but the failure there was mostly 
credited to the steady newspaper at- 
tack following the feeling between the 
• show management and Charles Collins, 
dramatic editor of the Chicago “Post.” 

The breach between the newspaper ,? 
and the Shuberts is still open. 

JOE HOWARD TRYING ANOTHER. ^ 

Joseph Howard is to produce an- ^ 
other musical play called “Spring 
Love” and due on Broadway," Dec. I. 

He is at present in vaudeville. His 
“In and Out,” tried in the summer h^j|^ 1 ’ 

been definitely stored. 

Howard is under contract with 
Charles K. Harris for the publishing . 
of his songs and every time Howard 
puts on a piece it costs the publisher 
.money. “In and Out” stood Mr. Harris 
$1,500, which represents the cost of 
publishing the song numbers. . 4 

During the last 21 years Howard ; 
has received $125,000 in music royal- 
ties from the Harris concern. ( 

GOING IN FOR DRAMATICS. 

Flo Zeigfeld, Jr., is to seriously try 
his hand in the production of drama, 
having already two pieces in prospect 
for this fall. The first to go on is "By .4; 
Pigeon Post,” running in London since 
the first of the year. It is by Austin 
Page. When it opened at the Gar- - 
rick, London, it was described as a 
play which “thoroughly delighted a 
laughing audience.” Madge Tither- 
adge is at the head of the English 

York and casting for “By Pigeon 
Post” has started. 

The second play is The^ Little 
Clown,” in which Billie Burke is to oe 
starred. It will come later, as Miss 
Burke’s picture contracts call for her 
appearance in the filming of • Good 
Gracious, Annebelle.” 



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NEWS OF THE DAIUES 






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Ouy Bates Post has returned to New York. 

Cyrus Wood Is the author of the lyrics to 
bo used In "The Melting of Molly." 

By acquiring control of the Belmont, William 
A. Brady Is now possessor of three theatres 
In the same block In 48th street. 

"A Stitch in Tlmo," by Oliver D. Bailey and 
Lottie Meany, will be given at the Fulton 
Oct. 15. Irene Fenwick will be featured. 

"Stop That Man," a farce by George V. 
Hobart, will be presented by the Shuberts at 
one of their houses. 

, "Crops and Croppers” has been withdrawn 
from the Belmont and the bouse has passed 
under the control of William A. Brady. 

Marjorie Rambeau has sold her home on the 
shore at Pelham Bay to I. B. Warren, of 
New York City. 

Viola Dana’s next Metro will be entitled 
"Diana Ardway.” It Is a plcturization of Van 
Z. Post’s novel of the same name. 

Margaret Aston has been chosen to depict 
Nurse Edith Cavell in Metro’s patriotic pro- 
duction, "Wilson or the Kaiser.” 

David Aaronson of the Bronx was sen- 
tenced to ten days in the workhouse. Sept 19, 
by Magistrate Ten Byck in the Men’s Night 
Court, for selling th^tre tickets on the street 

The United States Civil Service Commission 
is at present in urgent need of stenographers 
and typists to meet the great demand of fhe 
Government offices In Washington, D. C. 

Charles Dillingham has placed the Hippo- 
drome at the disposal of Admiral H. R. Usher, 
tr. S. N. (Nov. 8), for a gala performance of 
Navy Relief Society. 

Florence Nash will be starred In "Remnant," 
a comedy adapted by Michael Morton from 
the original of Dario Nlccodeml. It will have 
Its premiere early in November. 

Billie Burke and her husband, F. Ziegfeld, 
escaped injury last week when their motor 
turned turtle, on the road between their camp 
and Lake Placid railway station in the Adtron- 
dacks. 

“Sleeping Partners,” an adaptation from a 
comedy by Sacha Guitry, will come to the 
Bijou, Oct. 5, with H. B. Warner sta'rrlng a^ 
Irene Berdoni In the only feminine part m 
the piece. 

Rehearsals have begun on Tolstoy’s play, 
"The Living Cbrpse,” in which Arthur Hopkins 
will present John Barrymore. The play Is 
based on the Russian marriage and divorce 
laws and the fate of a man who tried to es- 
cape them. 

William Seymour has been appointed acting 
manager of the Bmplre by Charles Frobman, 
Inc., and David Bclasco In place of William 
Newman, who has entered the navy. He takes 
Charge Sspt. SO. 

George Broadhurst hds taken a stand against 
Incompetent Liberty Loan orators in the the- 
atres. Mr. Broadhurst believes that there 
should be a limit placed upon the time to be 
consumed, and also that the remarks be cen- 
sored for objectionable features. 

P. Ziegfeld, Jr., has bought the American 
rights to “By Pigeon Post,” an English play 
by Austin Page, which has had its .'WOth per- 
formance in London. It Is Mr. Zlegfeld’s first 
legitimate production in many years. ’The 
New York premiere will take place in about 
five weeks. 

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"The Awakening.” with a cast including • 
Wilton Lackaye, Henry B. Walthall and \ 

Theodore Keslolf, will have its premiere at * 
the Criterion, Sept. 80. It is by Ruth Sawyer, 
and has been previously known as "Tamar 
and Seblnolf.” 

During their tenancy of the Greenwich Vll- J 
lage Theatre Mr. and Mrs. Coburn expect to ] 
revive "The Yellow Jacket” and "The Imagl- , 
nary Invalid.” They will produce a four-act ^ 
drama by an American author and give two C 
Shakespearean productions. t; 

An exhibition of historical costumca worn by 
the late Richard Mansfield was recently held ^ 
In New London, Conn., prior to their accept- 
ance by, a museum. The proceeds were turned 
over by Mrs. Mansfield to the Stage Women’s 
War Relief. 



tortlon and grand larceny. Owen Moore, the 
husband of Mary Plckford, was the complain- 
ant. 

Americans who have traveled abroad and 
have made collections of souvenir postal cards 
and photographs which depict any portion of 
®T territory In Belgium and North- 
ern Prance now occupied by the Germans, 
stmuld send these cards, and wherever pos- 
slble acccmpanl^ by a written description, to 
William Guggenheim, Chairman of the Army 
and Navy Commltt^ of the American De- 
fense ^lety, 44 Basf^d street New York. 

romtanoe, comes to 
the Shulwrt following the San Carlo Opera Co. 
The book of the piece Is by Rida !^nson 
Young and the music by Rudolf Priml. In 
the cast are Ed Wynn, Dorothie Bigelow. 
Prances Cameron, Mae West, Mildred Le Que 
Bwekbank, John Merkyl, De Haven 
NiTO, Hallen Mostyn and William Dor- 
The piece will hare Its pr^niere next 

weeK* 

Arthur Byron has announced, with the per- 
mission .of Selwyn & Co., that one complimen- 
tary performance of "Tea for Three," In which 
he is. appearing, will bo given to whoever 
imkM the largest single subscription for Llb- 
1“ Maxine Elliott’s Theatre during 
Campalgp, The performance 
will be given at any time and at any place the 
^nd buyer may designate so long as It does 
not interfere with a regular performance of 
the production. 

A ^ectacular patriotic production entitled 
Freedom supported by a number of prom- 
inent society persons Is now In rehearsal, and 
may ^ produced at the Century. The plboe 
Of. presented by Julie Opp and Lee 

Shubert. Among those connected with the eAter- 
^Ise are Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Clarenoe H. 
Mackay, Mw. H. P. Davison and Mrs. Otto H. 
Kahn. Half of the profits will be turned 
over to the Association for Disabled Naval 
The piece Is the work 

mU Worman VnIii.°- 

CRITICISM. . 

TEA FOa THREE. 

V A comedy In three acts, by Rol Coopor 
Begrue, at the Elliott, Sept. 19, ^ 

The play Is of no great substance, either 
artlstlrally ot morally; but it has the very 
rare virtue of doing what it Intends with neat- 
DMs and a certain finality of skill which keeps 
the attention of the audience throughout and 
Tim^ evening of genuine entertainment.— 

‘Tea for Three" Is so distinctly different In 
flavOT from Uie other plays of the year that It 
ought to make many friends. — World. ■ 



Jack Welsh, Sept. 20, Instituted proceed- 
ings in the Supreme Court of New York 
against Raymond Hitchcock and E. Ray Goetz. 
Welsh demands $3,160 from the defendants for 
back salary ho alleges due him on con- 
. s® , ,b(»l(,ljjg, agent- . ftxr. -the . 

lLl(^hcock-Uot4z ■ enteilirrsca. 

Jack I^ Claire, who said he was an actor 
Jn West 40th street, but who ad- 
mittod he had recently been n clerk at an At- 
lantic City hotel, was arrested Sept. 1!) in the 
law ofllce of Arthur Butler Graham, KJ5 
Broadway, Now York, and taken to Police 
Headquarters, where be was charged with ex- 



JUDGMENTS. 

Judgments filed in the County CJIerk’s office. ' 
^e first name is that of the judgment debtor, 
the second the Judgment creditor, and the 
amount of Judgment. 

Kennedy Th^tres, Inc.— J. Simmons, $884,28 
Kalisz— McCord A Mace, $208.70. 

Bureau? |l74.eif Clipping 
John E. Kelierd— G. Wilson, $578. 

Samuel A. Marcusson (Theatrical Program 
Co.)— A. Zaslowsky, $.56.20. 

Frances White Obliges Refund. 

Tt, u I Sept. 25 

The Rock and White show at the 
Pitt last week refunded the boxoffice 
taking Friday, when Frances White 
could not finish the performance, 

A nervous breakdown was given as 
the reason for Miss White b *ng un- 
able to go on, after the show opened, 
ahe appeared the following night. 

Election. 

Uh, Yes, the new musical play with 
Joseph Santley, now in rehearsal by 
Elliott, Comstock & Gest, will have its 
premiere in Schenectady Oct. 19, the 
opening date at the Princess now 
being set for election day. 

The house will remain dark until 
then. 

Francine Larrine in "Sometime.” 

Francine Larrine is now in “Some- 
time, due at the Shubert next Mon- 
day. She is in the Audrey Maple role 
Dorothy Bigelow was in- 
tended. The latter is a Boston society 
girl, but appeared on Broadway last 
-season in 4he short dale of 
Marbury’s “See America First." 

^ ,Jr***y Minstrels Open. 

Gus Hill’s Lady Bountiful Minstrels, 
an all women minstrel organization, 
opened its season at Bridgeport, Conn., 
Wednesday night. 



PITTSBURGH LIKES "CAN.\RY.” 

Pittsburgh, Sept. 25. 

The Canary,” a musical comedy 
adapted from the French of Georges 
Barr and Louis Verneuil, by Harry B. 
Smith, was presented at the Nixon 
Monday night by Charles Dillingham, 
with Julia Sanderson and Joseph Caw- 
thorn starred. Additional numbers 
were introduced by Irving Berlin and 
Harry Tierney. 

The premiere had a packed house 
and the advance sale for the week is 
exceedingly heavy. The company is a 
capable one from principals to chorus. 
Wonderful costumes, beautiful and 
shapely chorus with good voices and 
excellent dancers. 

It is a musical comedy with a really 
good plot that runs very smoothly all 
the way and is neither too light nor 
too heavy. 

The story concerns a maiden placed 
in pawn by a relative for a diamond 
called the Canary. Play opens in an 
antique shop where the girl (Miss San- 
derson) is employed as an artist. Mr. 
Cawthorn as Timothy, a maker of an- 
tiques^ employed in the same shop, is 
ambitious to become a great juggle'r, is 
in love with the girl, as is also Ned 
Breeze, a struggling doctor, who 
^esn’t struggle very hard for patients. 
He has loaned a pair of crooks (Doyle 
and Dixon) $1,000 at a race and for 
security takes the Canary diamond, 
which they stole, from the original 
owner (Rico). The crooks expect to 
redeem the diamond at five o’clock 
that day and if _ not the jewel belongs 
to Breeze. Failing to show up Breeze 
decides to auction the stone. Timothy 
discovers the stone is loose in the 
mounting and shows it to several bid- 
ders, among whom is Rice, who substi- 
tutes a paste stone. While repairing 
the setting Timothy accidentally swal- 
lows the substitute. 

Second act shows Dr. Dippey’s Sani- 
tarium, where Timothy goes to have 
the jewel removed from his anatomy. 
He is followed by the crooks, who 
await an opportunity to recover the 
gem. 

Third act (beautiful set) shows Dr. 
Breeze playing host at a party in hon- 
or of his fiance (Miss Sanderson). 
While everything comes out as ex- 
pected, it has a different twist from 
other ^ musical comedies.”" 

Besides the two stars and the three- 
featured players (Sam Hardy ,and 
Doyle and Dixon), others who deserve 
special mention are Marie Callahan in 
a dance number with Doyle and Dixon, 
Misses Gordon and Thomas and Vera 
Maxwell. 

The melodies are haunting and tune- 
ful. Nothing that has played Pitts- 
burgh this season can touch “The 
Canary.” 



ACCUSE BELASCO. 

Chicago, Sept. 25. 

Will Bradshaw, the kuthor, has 
threatened to bring suit against Oliver 
Morosco and the Hattons for viola- 
tion of copyright and plagiarism. 
Bradshaw says that “Lombardi, Ltd.” is 
from his vaudeville act of several 
years ago, entitled “The Shop in 
Paris.” 

Bradshaw has placed the matter in 
the hands of his attorney. 

Opening in Pittsburgh. 

William Moore Patch will open 
Take It From Me” in Pittsburgh Oct. 
31, with Vera Michehena in the leading 
role. 



Canrad Nagel Leaving, 

It is only a matter of a short time 
when Conrad Nagel, leading juvenile 

at the Central, will be compelled to re- 
linquish •the role in which he scored 
so strongly and join the colors. His 
o{der to report was deferred to en- 
able him to open in the piece ancT Wil- 
liam A. Brady has appealed to Wash- 
ington to permit him to remain awhile 
longer. 



SHOWS IN PHILLY. 

^ Philadelphia, Sept. 25. 

y .“Glorianna,” which had its first 
13 showing here at the Forrest Monday 
J. night, is a war story, set to music 

n by Rudolf Friml. The book and lyrics 

1, F®. Catherine Chisholm Cushing. 

It is all reminiscent, though tuneful 
3 and sprightly. It is presented by an 
J excellent company and was very well 
received by a well filled house, El- 
g eanor Painter was liberafly rewarded 
3 for her singing of the principal role, 
a while Jessica Brown (recently of vau- 
j, deville) came in for a liberal share 
J of the chief honors for her excellent 
j- dancing. Lloyd and Wells, also from 
vaudeville, were among the recipients 
of favor. T^e piece has been beauti- 
1 fully costumed and handsomely 
r staged. The composers have provided 
nothing but of the ordinary in “Glori- 
j anna” but in a season that has shown 
J nothing of importpce to date, this 
1 musical vehicle will probably enjoy 
patronage. 

The Garrick was almost filled Mbn- 
. day night when the revival of “A Mar- 
5 riage of Convenience” was given by 
5 Miller and Ruth Chatterton. 

I The piece was very late starting, 

, which detracted something from the 
. entertainment, but the play was well 
. received.'-. 

“Not With My Money” is in its final 

^ week at the Broad, doing very light 
[ business. Last Saturday’s matinee 
I was , good, but the piece has exhibited 
no drawing power at this house. 
Tiger Rose” is billed for Sept, 30, 
“Chu Chin Chow” continues to pull 
them in- at the new Shubert, the re- 
ceipts keeping well over the ^0,000 
mark. It has two more Weeks to run. 
.“^ts,vc It To Jane” is doing nicely at 
the Chestnut Street opera house in its 
Nothing is underlined. 
Business Before Pleasure” in its 
fourth week at the Lyric is also doing 
well. 

The old Walnut, which was with- 
drawn from public sale last week, has 
been leased by C. Cooke Wanamafcer 
and Thomas Dougherty, who have 
been associated with the F. G. Nixon- 
Nirdlinger forces, and opens its 110th 
season Saturday night with Gus Hill’s 
Lady Bountiful Minstrels.” 

“Leave It to Jane,” now in its fourth 
week at the Chestnut Street Opera 
House, has had its time extended from 
six to eight weeks. The attraction 
has been steadily growing stronger, 
and last week drew a gross of slightlv 
over $14,6(W. 

WEEK’S CAMP BOOKINGS OFF. 

While a number of the cantonments 
are under quarantine through the epi- 
demic of Spanish influenze, others are . 
not officially quarantined, even though 
a large number of cases arc reported. 
Advices were that there were over 
6,000 cases at Devens, yet no restric- 
tions were laid down as at Upton, 
Lee, Jackson and Sevier. 

Of the several naval bases under 
quarantine, Newport (where the thea- 
tre is in the city) is now given a clean 
bill of health.- 

Reports show that the affection has , 
spread broadcast and has missed none 
of the cantonments. Attractions in 
the officially banned camps are off for 
the week,, several shows obtaining out- 
side bookihg. It was expected that the, 
quarantines would be lifted at the 
end of the week. 

ENTERTAINING A. T. MEN. 

The men of the Army Transport Ser- 
vice, with headquarters at 104 Broad 
street. New York, will have their en- 
•?tertainmeut Jo&'keff'^ after 'by 
Bert Grant and Monty Brice, both 
song wiriters, who have been detailed 
to that branch. 

Messrs. Grant and Brice, besides su- 
pervising the amusements for the A, T., 
will write a show that may be pro- 
dubed around the holidays, with their 
companions in uniform as the cast. 












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TEA FOR THREE. 

The Friend ..............Arthur Byrtm 

The Wife..... Margaret Lawrence 

The Husband Frederick Perry 

The Maid. Kathryn Keyes 

The Valet William ^ostanee 

"Tea lor Three," by Rol Cooper .Megrue, 
produced by Selwyn & Co. at the Mtuclne 
Blllott Sept. 18, Is billed as "an angle on the 
triangle^” by which Is meant a ' new twist to 
the eternal tralngle situation The first night 
pudience enjoyed it Immensely, and whatever 
drawing power it possesses will be in the 
higher priced seats. The "moral" and ' the 
subtlety, developed via epigrams, are quite too 
clever for the general population. The smart 
people are certain to flock to It, and when these 
patrons have been exhausted the true test of 
the play’s drawing power will be demonstrated. 

As a reflection of an actual situation in the ' 
present day life In New York, one could tear 
the plot to shreds, but for the purposw.of eh* 
tertainment it might suffice. Somewhat along '~ 
the lines of. "Dlvorcons," a sweet young 
woman is happily married to a man absorbed 
in his business, but who adores her. The hus- 
band is jealous of-an old college mate with 
"Ehom the wife had had a flirtation when she 
was 17 and who comes to tea ohce a week. 
The friend persuades the wife to steal away 
to lunch: with him, where he tells her the 
reason he Is a bachelor ' and a “flitterer” Is 
because he loves her still, and although there 
Is unmistakable evidences he would like to 
possess her, she appeals to his better self and 
persuades him to be a true friend. 

The subject of the husband’s jealousy is dis- 
cussed, and the wife hits upon a plan to cure 
him of it, so the friend will once more be wel- 
come at the house. As she starts to unfold 
it In the comer of the restaurant and the 
waiter is ordered to lower the shade to shut 
out the sun, and the first scene of the first act 
concludes. After a few seconds the scene is 
switched to the home of the married couple. 
Husband is waiting tea, but bis wife hasn’t 
returned, fihe finally comes, explaining she 
had been shopping and lunching with “Bthel." 
Later the friend comes for tea,, and inciden- 
tally mentions to the, husband he bad lunched 
with the wife and hadn’t seen “Ethel” In 
weeks. The plans arranged by the friend and 
the wife to cure the husband of his jealousy 
had somehow miscarried, as the stories do not 
jibe. 

As the husband is called to the phone in 
another room the friend steals the wife’s pic- 
ture standing on the. piano,' and when the nus- 
band returns and inisses it; wife says the 
frame bad broken that morning and she bad . 
left it to be repaired. Husband had been look- - 
ing at the picture a few minutes before, and 
this, together with the luncheon fibbing, weak- 
ens L iB faith in his wife. 

In the second act he drops in on the friend, 
is dismissed by the friend, who explains he 
■has a rendezvous with a married woman. The 
husband leaves, seeing his wife’s car at the 
door. Meantime she had been ushered into 
an adjoining i%om by the valet. The husband 
returns and the wife is secreted. Husband is 
in a frenzy' of jealousy, says both can’t live, 
and suggests the rem^y outlined in a story 
the friend had related, of a husband and a i 
lover, both anxious to possess a wife, drawing 
lots to see which one would kill himself. They 
draw, the friend gets the fatal slip of paper 
and IB to kill himself within 24 hours. He 
tells the husband that before he goes he is 
bound by no moral obligations and intends to 
steal the wife. Husband departs, saying ho 
will protect his wife, and the friend dictates 
a letter to his valet-secretary (thereby avoid- 
ing the usual' telephone method of develop- 
ment), giving the true reason . for his un- 
timely demise, addressed to a friend on the 
staff if the Herald, but asking him not to try 
and guess the name of the woman. This is 
7.S0 in the evening. - 

Act three is again In the home of-the mar- 
ried folks, the following afternoon. The hus- 
band is on edge, had phoned several times to 
the friend, seeking an excuse for calling off 
the whole affair, ..ut meantime determined the 
friend shall not steal bis wife. He won’t go 
to his business and won’t let her out, saying 
, they will go-; together after 7.30. "The Even- 
ing Telegram” is brought in, on the front page 
of which is an account of the suicide of the 
friend. Wife accuses husband of being re- 
*sponsible for it, hysterically crving she hod 
lost a friend whom she loved better than any- 
one else in the world, next to her husband, 
and that husband had ruined their lives. 

In the midst of It in walks the friend, and 
when shown the paper, explains to them the 
publication was premature owing to the too 
previous mailing of. his letter to his newspaper 
friend. Husband is phoned for and friend ex- . 
plains to wife he had hod one co'"- of the 
Telegram printed and delivered to the house 
at a cost of $87. Husband returns, explains 
his big real estate deal was consummated, he 
would pay more attention .to his wife, would 
permit her more leeway, that the friend must 
come often and take her out, and ue was, in 
short, cured of bis jealousy. 

Barring the valet and the maid there are 
but three people in the cast. i.ue absence of 
other characters prevents any subsidiary situ- 
ations, and necessitates prolonged duologs and 
.triqlegs .*14 .constant renetltions -..ot . <s>PVftrsa-T.:; 
tion. This is partially compensated for by 
innumerable Shavian and Oscar Wilde epi- 
grams, a few of which are here set down : 

"Pity Is akin to love. That's why so many 
women pity their husbands.” — "I hate Phillip. 
What have you ever done to him?” — "We 
never discuss our friends pleasantly.” — “No 
man is so bad a woman can't find an excuse 
for him.” — "Good women are unfaithful only 
, in their thoughts.”— "All sensible wives lie to 
their husbands, if only to please them.”— 



"Sometimes I tell the truth ; it’s the only vice 
I have.” — "It’s a grave Insult to insinuate a 
woman couldn’t be unfaithful if she wanted 
to. ’’---"The only amusing countess I ever met 
was a chorus girl.” — “There are two kinds Of 
fools, those who give. advice and those who 
won’t take it.” — "There is nothing so absorb- 
ing as the love of a married woman, and few 
married men realize it.” — “He was lying and, 
of course, I was, so I had to say I wasn’t.” — 
"What do you expect me to say ?” "The truth.” 
"You’re an optimist.” 

Arthur Byron as the friend contributed an 
intelligent but not quite natural performance. 
He wasn’t just the romantic type. A John 
Barrymore would have been ideal. Frederick 
Perry as the husband was excellent, and Mar- 
garet Lawrence, who has been off the stage for 
a number of years, was a sensational sucoesa 
It is not easy to imagine any other actress 
doing it better, or as well. Jofo. 

humptySumpty. 

Albert Mott ........Otis Skinner 

John . OelamOthe Fleming Ward 

General, the Hon. Henry Delamothe, John’s 

uncle .Morton -Selton 

Viscount Loosebanger. .Robert Harrison 

Higginbotham Ernest Elton 

Jopllng Robert Bntwiatle 

Puttlck. ...William Evlllo 

James Wallop ..John Rogers 

Slnklns .Walter Scott 

Lady Susan Delamothe. .........Maud Milton 

Nancy Delamothe .Ruth Rose 

Mrs. Mott ..Beryl Mercer 

Crlssie Parkins ...Elizabeth Rlsdon 

Mrs. Rogers.';.. ....Clara T, Braoy 

Horace Annesley Vachell is the author of 
this ultra-English old-fashioned comedy, in 
which Otis Skinner takes the leading role, 
now at the Lyceum.. 

"Humpty-Dumpty” tells the tale of an Eng- 
lish hairdresser, devoted to his art; who, by 
a twist of fortune, leaves bis establishnaent- 
at Swashcombe-on-the-Sea to beoome the Earl 
of Delamothe. With him, over her- protests, 
goes his mother, simple-minded and desper- 
ately clinging to the old life. Much of the 
comedy 1s introduced into the scenes where 
Albert Mott Is shaving a cross customer, and 
again where be appears grotesquely, but boy- 
ishly in the unaccustomed robes of nobili^, 
after he has taken his seat in the House of 
Lords. 

Pathetic scenes- are. plentiful in the mani- 
festations of affection between the simple old 
mother and her clever son, and in the s^ness 
which comes over her when she learns her 
parlor behavior Is plebian and unfashionable. 

Beryl Mercer, as Mrs. Mott, the barber’s 
mother, gains much applause as the old lady. 
Elizabeth Risdon, as Crlssie, the hairdresser’s 
assistant, was most effective and has a won- 
derful English accent, with regular Cockney 
twang, and the most Infectious smile imagin- 
able. She was typical of her class, from which 
many of the handsome barmaids in the fash- 
ionable cafes and restaurants in London are 
recruited. 

Morton Selton also pleased the audience 
with his excellent characterization of the Hon. 
Henry Delamothe and Fleming Ward as Cousin 
John D. Delamothe gave a manly charming 
impersonation. 

■ae finished way in which Mr. Skinner han- 
dled a razor- showed patient preparation for 
the part and he could give any of the so- 
called barbers on Broadway lessons in shav- 
ing. His flow of talk while he was operating 
upon a customer was most amusing and had 
the audience in roars. 

Whether New York wants a play like 
“Humpty-Dumpty’? remains to be.seen. It is 
not the kind of comedy Metropolitan theatre- 
goers have been receiving for the last few 
years. It is Intensely "homely” English, and 
there is a lack of the usual number of snobs 
which are Invariably thrown in to give the 
average play an English flavor. 

TELL THAT f^E MARINES. 

Rein Schulz, a Grocer Adolf Phlllpp 

Helen his Daughter Georgia Lee Hall 

Charlie, his Son .Joseph Striker 

Jere Thurston, a Banker..; ..Philip Lord 

Tom, his Son Chauncey M. Kelm 

Maud Hopkins, a Manicure Girl... Cecil Kern 

Blll-Hopkins, her Brother Jack Bernard 

Abraham Shinegold Albert C. Winn 

Marla Mueller Marie Pert 

Carl Prumstadt John Hanson 

Augusta, Servant with Schulz Elsie Smith 

Did you ever hear the story of the audience 
at a Yiddish theatre downtown -which raised 
a rumpus because their evening’s entertain-* 
ment was over at 11.15 instead of the usual 
midnight? Adolf Philipp, erstwhile German 
actor, author, manager, who now presents an 
American play, by American authors, with an 
American cast, seems possessed of the same 
sort of Idea in "Tell That to the Marines,’” a 
comedy drama in three acts written by him- 
self and Edward A. Paulton. One gets the Im- 
pression that an attempt was essay^ for quan- 
tity of entertainment. The first two acts con- 
sumed one hour each, and the third wasn’t so 
much shorter. 

With regard to quality, it is a bad play— a 
very bad one, crudely constructed and amateur- 
-:ish r.iu'^treatmsnt. = ’I%e -obrions - plot -lg' airaii'g - 
out by constant repetitions of dialog and 
situations. A modem American stage director 
would have blue-penciled one-third the dialog, 
quickened the "business,” and in a dozen and 
one other ways smarted the production. 

On the other hand, tbO aforesaid American 
stage director, for the purposes of assimila- 
tion of Adolf Philipp’s old clientele on the 
upper East Side radiating from, the York- 
villo Theatre, might have proved unsatisfac- 
tory. The German- American audience seems 



to take huge delight in the easy progression 
of the story of the play and accepts with relish 
the comedy relief interruptions. 

The. drama by Messrs. Philipp and Paulton 
tells they story of a prosperous grocer 
(Philipp) who sends his son to Yale. The day 
he is due to return be is visited by a manicure 
girl, who says the boy pronlsed to marry her. 
It develops his collie chum, meeting the 
girl, in a spirit of mischief had given the 
name of the grocer’s son. The chum is en- 
gaged to the grocer’s daughter, and rather 
than Injure his sister the boy takes the blame 
of the thing. He quarrels with his father 
over it and joins the colors. The old man finds 
out his mistake in the last act, the boy re- 
turns wounded, Uie father of the other boy 
buys off the vampire manicure and ail ends 
happily. y- 

A portion of the dialog is devoted to patri- 
otic propaganda designed to impress the Qer- 
man-Americans, and Judging by the applause 
accorded these outbursts they take to it with 
avidity. Jolo. 

DARKESf~AMERICANS. 

The title of the two^^hct (eight scenes) musl- 
. cal comedy which Salem Tutt Whitney and T. 
Homer Tutt’s "Smarter Set” company of col- 
ored players is presenting at the Lafayette, 
131st St and 7th avenue. 

For books, lyrics and score the show ranks 
with musical comedies on Broadway. It is 
billed as a "sensational two-act musical com- 
edy.” It is full of comedy and is musical. 
Whitney and Tutt authored the piece, Charles 
L. Roberts composed the score, "I Want You 
Ba^” and "Promise Me” will compare with 
any war ballads. "Blue- Fever” is the best 
"blues” song. In comedy, love and war songs, 
"Ain’t It Funny What ■ Love Will Do” and 
"When the Sambca and Sammies Get Through 
Fighting Over There” are typical of that kind. 

Of the comedians, Whitney’s work stands 
out. After the first 15 minutes of his appear- 
ance, he bad the audience with him to the ex- 
tent -that bis every movement or remark was 
the signal for laughter. His partner, Tutt, is 
a more'staid comedian. 

The story concerns the duplicity of Abe 
(Whitney) and Gabo (Tutt) Washington, who 
enter the Howard University under false pre- 
tenses. A meddling' reporter mistakes the 
former for the new professor, expected to ar- 
rive at Howard, and Abe, to get a meal, passes 

hlmBOlf R8 8UCu* 

The piece has os much plot as the average 
musical comedy — which is very little. It is the 
libretto and score that gives the production a 
high standard. 

Lena Handford Roberts, as a musical in- 
stiHictress, was musical as far as her vocal 
powers were concerned. Emma Jackson also 
sang and spoke her lines effectively. Estelle 
Cash and Mattip Lewis distinguished them- 
selves in dancing, as did Boots Marshall and 
George Lynch. These latter two are evidently 
in the oast for the specialty they do in the 
second scene of the first act, that of dancing 
porters and "baggage smashers.” They were 
recalled four times last Tuesday evening, 

A mummy dance, billed as an original cre- 
aation, wherein mummies come forth from 
their cases in which they had been preserved 
and go through an Egyptian dance, was com- 
mendable. One of the chorus men is an ex- 
pert in doing the "sbimmie,” and the audience 
seemed to favor it. 

Some credit is also duo to the piano player 
and drummer the company carries. 

While a Broadway producer could Improve 
on the production, it' is In good form for the 
pop time booked. It could also stand a . little 
cutting. Some of the encores could be elimi- 
nated to obtain an earlier closing hour. 

“MISS ’ Sim MISSES. 

Providence, R, I., Sept. 25. 

“Miss, I Don’t Know," which played 
its first week’s engagement at the 
Shubert Majestic here last week, left 
a decidedly poor impression — so poor 
that Lee Shubert, who came here 
Thursday, decided to change the name, 
it was announced, to “The Girl in the 
Canteen.’’ 

"Miss I Don’t Know” as a title was 
bad enough, but the change is worse. 
A canteen doesn’t figure until the last 
act and then not much. 

It was said, when the company left 
Saturday, it would lay off a week in 
New York for rehearsals and changes. 
It suffered -many changes here during 
the week. Members of the company 
from the leading man, Ray Raymond, 
to the chorus, had some fault to find. 
It was rumored that Raymond was 
going to leave. 

The show has no action or kick un- 
til the end of the second act. 

Los Angeles, Sept. 25, 

For the past few weeks, the thea- 
trical business has been particularly 
quiet, the picture houses getting the 
bulk of the business. 

Both the Majestic and Mason are 
dark. 

"Mary’s Ankle,” at Morosco, opened 
to good business. 



“BIG CHANCE” WEAK. 

Philadelphia, Sept. 25. 

If it was a lack of confidence on the 
part of the producers that prompted 
them to book “The Big Chance" for 
only one week at the Adelphi, the 
same producers are gifted with fore- 
sight for the new A. H. Woods play 
is not destined to last any longer, i)n- 
less much is accomplished in the re- 
making. 

“A Big Chance" is described by the 
ad-writer as "A play of the Re-birth 
of Human Souk,” That’s a badly 
written line to hand anything new in 
these troublesome times, but every- 
thing seems to have been a “chance” 
with this piece and neither the title 
nor the description can do it more 
harm than the producers who sho.wed 
it in the present form. 

“A Big Chance” is a war play. Grant 
Morris and Willard Mack are an- 
nounced as its authors, but neither will 
add anything to his name as a play- 
wright through this poorly written 
piece that contains an idek that starts 
but .never gets anywhere. About the 
only thing that can be said for it is 
that it is different in theme, but the 
fact remains, it will have to be almost 
entirely rewritten. • 

Its shewing here was its initial one 
of importance,, and it may have been 
the i>resence of several theatrical cel- 
ebrities that was responsible for the 
nervousness of: the company, with the 
result, the performance, was not a 
smooth one and received with indif- 
ference by a fairly well filled house. 
The company includes Clara Joel, 
Cyril Keithly, Harry Robert, Annie 
Mack Berlein, William Meehan, Kath- 
erine Harris Barrymore, Ramsey Wal-‘ 
lace and Walter Horton. 

Guy Bates Post in “The Masque- 
rader” is underlined for Sept. 30. 

STOCKS OPENING. 

Denver, Sept, 25. 

Tom Wilkes,^ a theatrical manager 
of Salt Lake City, has taken over the 
Denham and is to operate stock there. 
The house was formerly held by the 
Or^heum Circuit. The Denham is to 
be in a chain of theatres playing stock 
in Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, San 
Francisco and Denver, 

Portland, Ore., Sept. 25. 

The Alcazar, opened since Sept. 14, 
when the Alcazar Players produced 
"Johnny, Get Your Giin,” has Alice 
Fleming leading. Edward Everett 
Horton is leading man. 

For the first time this city is sup- 
porting two stock companies. The 
Baker company is also current. There 
are about 50,000 men employed in the 
shipyards. Both houses play to 
capacity, 

KALICH PLAY A HIT. 

.1 Washington, Sept. 25. 

Bertha Kalich opened in “The Rid- 
dle Woman” at the Belasco Monday 
and scored a hit. 

The play ip by Charlotte E. Wells 
and Dorothy Donnelly, produced by 
George Mboser. 

The Washington Post says : “No 

other actress on the English-speaking 
stage is more admirably suited to 
the central role of The Riddle Woman’ 
than Mme. Kalich.” 

The show opened to $781 and played 
to $1,000 Tuesday night. It will be in 
Pittsburgh next week, and is headed 
for Broadway. 

Bernard Hiahin Has Recovered. 

:r:,r v 'E^OTf (Imf ='SC'P t . 25. 

Bernard Hishin has recovered from 
an attack of pneumonia and returns 
shortly to produce two new playp. 

Manager Myers Resigns. 

London, Sept. 25. 

T. Myers, manager of the Middle- 
sex, resigns Sept. 28. 



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Lucille Cauauagh and Co. (3). 
Songf and Dancea. 

23 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set). 
Palace. 



Lucille Cavanagh, in her new act at 
the Palace this week, has everything 
that should go to make a vaudeville 
success these days. Firstly, she has 
setting and clothes; secondly, special 
songs; thirdly, music-rag, and firstly 
again, men ; and, of course, Lucille 
Cavanagh. If the act becomes known 
as a, vaudeville success with so many 
ingredients, who or what shall re- 
ceive the credit? Perhaps the pro- 
ducer (dr, in this case, arranger), for 
Miss Cavanagh's act has been 
arranged nicely, neatly and expertly. 
There is the setting— striking, full of 
curtains, special ones, including a gold 
parted curtain for the drop ; while the 
^cene represents the marble fronting 
of a country or mansion porch. Thep 
there ^ are Wheeler Wadsworth, an 
admitted bear with a rag saxaphone; 
Mel Craig, another bear with the same 
kind of a violin, and A1 Sexton, a 
youthful, good-looking fellow, who 
sings with Miss Cavanagh, also dances 
with her. Miss Cavanagh dances and 
dances alone. She might dance more 
with Mr. Sexton. The turn is billed 
as a “1918 Edition of Her Kaleidoscope 
of Dance, Color and Songs” ; Music 
and Lyrics by Dave Stamper.” The' 
music had a pleasing if familiar sound. 
Miss Cavanagh tries ' to sing it. It 
must be Fate in vaudeville. Sitne. 



Nat Nazarro, Jr. 

Songs, Dancea, Instrumental, 
is Mins.; Four. 

Hamilton. 



For a youth of 17 who appears to be 
younger, Nazarro offers a sophisti- 
cated, thorough showmanship act. In 
other words "the kid’s clever.” He’s 
versatile. He opens with ^ a grand 
piano setting, but sings a song about 
his Parisian love and goes int.o a dance. 
After indulging in repartee with a 
pseudo-stage manager (his father in 
real life), he renders a cello solo. A 
song and dance closed his act. For en- 
cores (he had two) he sang a spe- 
cial song on' patriotic lines followed 
by a recitation. Another recitation 
and then he was allowed to leave. Na- 
zarro’s act shows the hand of Na- 
zarro, Sr., also an artist. His youth 
and his versatility should carry Nat, 
Jr., into the big time. 



Eastman Sisters. 

Singing and Dancing. 

16 Mins.; One. 

Harlem Opera House. 

The spot light discovers the-East- 
man Sisters on a couch under a piano 
lamp and they sing a dandy Southern 
number in quaint style, harmonizing 
the chorus with good effect. The girls 
are dressed in neat velvet and silk 
dresses giving them a stunning ap- 
pearance. They are not too strong 
vocally, but make up this defect by 
the cute manner they have in putting 
over their songs. The taller one then 
sings a solo number in slow fashion 
and does a few dance steps at the 
finish, which let her off lightly. The 
other sister returns in an abbreviated 
dress and sings a popular song in a 
quiet manner, her delivery reminding 
one of Sadie Burt (Whiting and Burt). 
She also does a few neat dance steps. 
They return with anoflier change of 



wardrobV and ih ah affected fna'M 
sing a jazz number full of pep and the 
only fast thing in the act. The East- 
man Sisters are graduates of Ziegfeld’s 
"Midnight Frolic” and bring to vaude- 
ville the class usually found atop of 
the Amsterdam theatre roof. They are 
long on looks, but short on vocal abil- 
ity, but should have no trouble pass- 
ing if they put a little more ginger into 
the turn. 



Ethel Cilfton and Co. (2). 

"The Aftermath" (Dramatic). 

22 Mins.; Fnll Stage (Special Set- 
Interior). 

Fifth Avenue.. 

This new war play’.et, “The After- 
math,” may divide professional opinion 
as to the Advisability of its continu- 
aiKe in vaudeville. It’s not like other 
war sketches, going into a subject that 
while known, is little spoken of, the 
unpublished casuality list of France. 
Some may agree the piece is sombre, 
its theme melancholy and the story 
unnecessary for public light. Those 
who disagree will say that “The 
Aftermath’ ’is excellent propaganda of 
its kind. It tells of the other horror 
of 'the brute Hun as an invader, the 
ravish of the conquered lands of 
France, the , horrifying rape by the 
detestable Boche. Played in any 
theatre during the Liberty Loan 
Drive, the ever growing fires of 
hatred against the German would 
be so intensified, no better argu- 
ment to furnish the Government with 
money to obliterate the German curse 
on humanity could be presented. It 
is a scene in a desolated French home. 
The village had been pCcupied by the 
Germans for 20 months. The husband, 
a soldier ih the French army, upon his 
forces recovering the territory, secures 
a day’s leave. His wife has not heard 
from him for a long time, not knowing 
whether he is dead or alive, until re- 
ceiving a note the same day announc- 
ing his return. There baby in the 
crib. Its father is a German soldier. 
She asks the priest to take away the 
baby. The priest asks where shall he 
take it, there are a hundred others in 
the itown. The wife' hides the crib 
under a table. Her husband, in the 
French uniformi enters. They are 
affected and happy for the moment. 
He inquires for his sister, 16 years, old. 
His wife replies she was sent behind 
the German lines "to work in a muni- 
tion plant. His mother has died, her 
rnother has died. There are other ter- 
rible things to tell him on his home 
coming. He hears a baby’s cry. The 
truth is revealed. The soldier is 
stunned. Said" he knew of those 
things but thought his home would be 
spared. The man in uniform during 
his moaning relates how his, comrades 
when receiving a week’s leave re- 
turned to camp the next day, and 
never spoke. Nor , were they asked 
any question. One ' of his^ comrades 
came back the next morning, was silent 
all day, fought like a demon and at 
night was ordered to take five prisoners 
to the rear. The next morning they 
found the French soldier dead beside 
five dead Germans, with a message 
written in blood, "Sister, you are 
avenged.” The house broke into in- 
voluntary applause at this point. The 
priest is appealed to for advice re- 
garding the baby and the husband and 
wife’s relations. He says no mortal 
can give it, but appeals to the Al- 
mighty. When the wife llgain looks 
in the crib, the baby is cold. It’s 
something we should have put before 
us as vividly as this playlet sketches 
it. It’s the war in France or was the 
war in France, the kind of war the 
Boche makes. The French had to en- 
dure it while it lasted and Americans 
will be made stronger for knowing it, 

' what ‘hiTOsidn"''by"'a'-‘ba 
means. That the playlet is not as well 
played as it is written doesn’t matter. 
Neither Miss Clifton nor her principal 
support, the soldier, are equal to their 
respective roles. The priest is the 
only adequately taken character, but 
this won’t affect the playlet for vaude- 
ville. It’s propaganda and good propr 
aganda, the kind that makes you 
frenzied. Sime. 



MUs Juliet. 

Impersonations. 

2 & Mins.; Full Stage. 

Riverside. 

- Miss Juliet’s nevv act is billed as a 
“one girl revue,” employing .a piano 
accompanist. She is nicely gowned in 
a red' and silver net affair at^ opens 
with a sing about the “Gimmes” in 
which she impersonates a three-year 
old, a 23-year old youth and then the 
A. K. grandfather who vVants every- 
thing. From this she goes to a line., 
of chatter in which is imitated a shop 
girl in a bopk shop, on the lines done 
heretofore m vaudeville by Beatrice 
Herford, Miss Juliet announces here 
that she will endeavor to imitate vari- 
ous celebrities at a banquet given for 
a war charity and starts off by giving 
an excellent imitation of Leonore 
(Jlric who introduces Jalck" Norworth 
with a song. An imitation of Irene 
Franklin singing “the traveling sales- 
man” number was not so well done. 
It was followed by a few lines in the 
form of a poem as recited by Mrs. 
Fiske as “Mme. Sand.” A good imi- 
tation of Frances White in song and 
dance was followed by a song as done 
by Harry Lauder, which did not score 
so strongly. A poster of the benefit 
held at the Hippodrome Sept. 30, 1917, 
for the War Sufferers, upon which her 
name also appeared, was lowered. The 
first of the names to be chosen were 
Louis Mann and Sam Bernard, well 
done. A dialog between Ethel Barry- 
more and Eddie Foy was enjoyed and 
then a remarkable impersonation of 
Grace La Rue singing her “waltz” 
number scored the hit of the act. 
Further requests brought an imper- 
sonation of Maude Adams an^ one of 
A1 Jolson, which did not go over big. 
A short impreission of Nazimova was 
followed by a poorly executed song as 
done by Eva Tanguay. The rendition 
of a “blues” number by Nora Bayes 
was hardly understood, but a speech 
in French by Mme Sarah Bernhardt, 
was roundly applauded. The show here 
was stopped by the applause. .Miss 
Juliet returned and did a short song 
and dance as-done by Julia Sanderson. 
Juliet IS sure fire. 



Eddie Janis and Re^ Cbaplowj 
Songs, Piano and 'Violin. 



13 Mins.; ITwo (Interior). 

81st Street. ~ ’ 

A nice little act of its kind. Mr. 
Janis and Miss Chaplow carry a piano 
player who plays accompaniments to 
their musical endeavor, so Janis’ best 
inning comes with the violin when he 
displays talent with the -fiddle and 
bow. Miss Chaplow has some attrac- 
tive costumes and works with pep and 
vivaciousness. At the 81st Street the 
act was voted a hit. Mark, 



Sid Townes and Co. (1). 

Singing and Talking. 

11 Mins.; One. 

23rd Street. 

Sid Townes (formerly of Medlin, 
Watts and Townes) is^taking to vaude- 
ville in a single turn, and from all ap- 
pearances will be in the two-a-day 
houses within a couple of weeks. The 
former act although good can not be 
compared with the one Mr. Townes 
is now doing. His appearance is ex-, 
cellent, the songs and “gags” are put 
over in fine style and with the assist- 
ance of Otis Spencer at the piano, he 
cannot go wrong. The introductory 
number has a pleasing melody and tells 
of his former adventures in vaude- 
ville. It is followed by the “Georgia 
Peach” song. This, with the patter, 
wins over the audience from the start, 
ahd"hig"turn }s-neTer" in dange^^^ 
it. Mr. Spencer is a good pianist, and. 
has a few fines in this number. It 
gives a different air to the skit- away 
from the straight single. Some talk 
and two or three more songs 'follow. 
Mr. Townes looks like a winner. Un- 
less the Service gets him^or someone 
grabs him for musical comedy, he 
should sail right along in the big time 
houses with no trouble. 



Sydney Grant. 

StoViea and Songa. 

16 Mina.; One. 

Palace, Chicago. 

Back after at least four years of 
divorce from vaudeville, his early and 
always faithful love, Sydney Grant 
stepped out in white flannel, trousers, 
a sport shirt and a blue serge coat, to 
:a “So Long Letty” overture. It was a 
happy reunion. The house was glad 
to*' greet him and- Sydney looked 
pleased to be facing a vaudeville house 
again. He started without dny fire- 
works, made no speech with romantic 
reminiscences of .jdays gone by— just 
began telling stories like he used to; 
some of them were the ones he used 
■ to, too, but as they were his then they 
are his now, ahd did not sound at all 
mildewed from-storage in the trunk 
of his memory, following the several 
disassociated anecdotes he did an imi- 
tation of~a Hawaiian guitar, told some 
more riddles and went off with his 
veteran Chinese theatre bit in which 
he does the heavy, the fe'male imper- 
sonator and the clarinet; This brought 
him back for more gags. One or two 
of these were very nifty, and some 
were not so strong again. An audi- 
ence loves him as soon as he shows, 
and when he smiles everyone smiles, 
^o even the limpy ones got something, 
nut Sydney might well think up or 
purchase a few live witticisms tp re- 
place the ones which get only a titter. 
Otherwise the act isdOO per cent pure, 
and as it^s i^can hold down any firing 
step in the first line trenches of vaude- 
' vine’s western or eastern front His 
recitation which leads to a comedy 
point is too long for the puny cracker 
which bursts at the end, and' should 
be substituted by added song, as he 
sings too well to sing so lit^e. This 
is proven by the fine manner in which 
his southern yodle song, his encore, 
goes. The effect of the whole offering 



was a big.^blowoff with applause, that 
would not die until he bowed repeated- 



would not die until he bowed repeated- 
ly, a hand that would have justified 
another encore. Sydney Grant found 
the latchkey hanging out ^or him, and 
his welcome will never wear out as 



long as he works like he did here. 

' LaH,. 



Arthur Lloyd. 

Magic. 

18 Mini.; One. . / 

Hamilton. 

Arthur Lloyd performs but three 
tricks consuming 18 minutes. Accord- 
ing to his billing, he is “The Conjur- 
ing Comedian.” ()nly half true. More 
comedian than conjuror. It is his chat- 
ter alone that carries him. 'The tracks 
except Jhe last, are ancient and in the 
“magical” catalogus. . Opening with 
“wiim and water,” he next does a little 
palrmng, following this with card pro- 
ducing (having anyone in .the audi- 
ence call a card and producing it from 
his pocket). His last is, upon requests 
from the audience, producing from dif- 
ferent portions of his dress suit all 
kinds of cards — not the playing -declif 
— but cards like a questionnaire, laun- 
dry ticket, ice card, registration, etc., 
embracing at least 40 regulation and 
special cards like the Kaiser’s death 
certificate and the crap-shooters’ union 
card. Pop time feature. 



Evelyn and Dolly. * 

Variety Act. 

9 Mins.; Full Stage. 

Evelyn and Dolly have been, around 
for some years, but this season appear 
to have a different routine, costumed 
up to date. It includes three changes, 
each for a different style of work. The 
girls open with roller skating, then- re- 
turn as dancers, closing on bicycles. 
That makes the short-timed Jturn 
speedy enough, added to which the 
girls arc hard wbrkers. They should 
make the opening spot anywhere, for 
no matter how well they do the differ- 
ent things, each unsuspected, they are 
altogether away from other “sistar 



acts” in that they do a variety, and 
“dress it up.” loimc. 












BUY B O N D S 



"The Currant of Fun.’* 

Electrical Novolt^. 

18 Mine.; Full Stage' (Special Set). 
Rivorsido. 

A man dressed in g blue suit with ' 
red trimmings informs the audience he 
will, endeavor to prove by various 
electrical experiments that electricity 
can pass through the human b^dy in 
such a manner as to bewilder an audi- 
ence. A committee is invited on the 
stage, set in a sort of a grotto scenic 
environment. Three youths, and one 
with the appearance_of a boob go .on 
the stage. The electrical. cu?reht is 
turned on and passes through an in- 
sulated cable, handed the b^ob who 
makes a leap to get away. Madam 
Brunell, dressed in a peculiar looking 
gown, is introduced with a chord in G 
by the orchestra. She laughingly takes 
the cable in her hand and lights a piece 
of cotton by contact with her arm, 
shoe, etc. Next a gas jet is lighted by 
the Madam touching it, then through 
a banana, lemon and a piece pf ice. 
The boob is induced to take a piece of 
the banana to show that it is genuine 
, and takes nearly all of th^ fruit which 
-is in turn taken away from him by a 
stage hand in the wings. Shfe touches 
tbe boob with a wand and' his hat 
flies over the footlights and he follows 
his hat. Madam Brunell then makes 
a short speech announcing that with 
her mouth she will light an arc strong 
enough to illuminate the entire theatre. 
This is easily done and the act comes 
to a slow finish. It is the old fashioned 
electrical act with new trimmings, in- 
asmuch as tbe boob does all the com- 
edy and the electricity is bahdled by 
a woman. As a laughing, act it scored 
and >as a turn interesting enough to 
close a show proved of value by the 
way the crowd remained to the very 
finish. However, the act could be 
. made classier with different scenery. 

B^ljr and Edpa Frawley. 

Songs and Talk. 

IZ Mins.; Onew ^ 'x , 

. Hippodroma, San Franeisco. . ■-/ 
For a team coming from/the cabarets 
Billy and Edna Frawley have more 
class, refinement and personality than 
is usually found in cabaret graduates. 
Following a flirtation opening, which 
includes a few stories, they sing a 
duet, apparently a. special song, 
entitled ‘Tm Going to Hang Around 
Till I Make You Care for Me." Miss 
Frawley then sings a ballad, and after 
a single by Billy (which includes war 
stories and some dancing) they close 
with a double number and a few dance 
steps. With a little more vaudeville 
experience the team is headed for the 
big time. Miss Frawley’s good looks 
and dainty style added to Billy s 
cleverness and good singing voice 
assur(^s them recognition in better 
company. 

Golcl, Recwe and Edwards. ' 

Dancing and Roller Skating. 

One; 11 Mins. 

Hamilton. 

The two male members may have 
been formerly known as Gold and Seal. 
They have retained most of the old 
, act, the skating bits, Frenchy make- 
up and the dances, adding a young, 
woman, who exhibits a goodly portion 
of ber bare legs. She cart dance. The 
solo toe dance earned her something. 
The clog dance on roller skates is ef- 
fective insofar as it makes a lot of 
noise. A good pop time turn. 

Robert Swan. 

Dancing and Juggling. , 

10 Mins.; Twiv 

American Roof. 

high hat apd cigar with a few more 
tricks, Rob^ Swan makes a good 
impression and is a good opener for 
the better small time bills. Taps on 
a drum with three balls earns applause 
and he closee with comedy club swing- 
inf while juggling. The work runs 
sMoatkly without a hitch and without 
dullness. 



Eddie Leonard and Minstrele (11). 1 

"Dandy Dan’s Return. I 

34 Mins.; Two (7); 'Full Stage (10); j 
Two (17). , 

Colonial. . 

Eddie Leonard held a popularity con-, 
test all by himself Monday night. He s 
bad with him a bunch of “mmstrels, < 

but it was Leonard the house cared s 
for, no doubt about that. He was t 
through with his own routine in _ 30 s 
minutes, but the house kept calling ] 
for tbe old favorites and there was no ] 
denying. Eddie is due to start iu h i 
production this fall, the show probably < 
being timed to appear after the vari- I 
ous war drives have been accom- '• 
plished. To fill the gap he framed the i 
present turn. It opens with a circle < 
of black face men in front of a striped ! 
satin drop, later going to full stage to ' 
show one of the older cotton^ ^Id 
painted drops, then back to “two. The ' 
men in the circle stick to ensemble | 
singing, while Xeonard makes changes. 

At times they stand up and the first 
line-up brought a laugh, for the two 
men on the ends were grotesquely 
small. They do not indulge in gags, 
and the reason is that they are colored 
(one is said to be 81 years old). To 
the casual observer it would be hard 
to tell whether the men are white or 
black, for they are^all corked and 
slicked up in tuxedos. One tiprbff. is 
the clever dancing bits they show near 
the close. However, Leonard is the 
main portion. He flashes a number- of 
brightly colored satin costumes, until j 
the last when he is in dandy evening 

dress with crystal ^waistcoast. There 

were some six songs before the en- 
coring of the old favorites. First was 
“Dandy Dan,” with “Dixie Land, 
“Nora” and “That’s Air following. 
Each number was followed by a dance, 
Eddie giving all his various stepping 
styles, including the sand dance. Two 
of the minstrels swept up the sand 
. while singing a number called Sweep 
It Along,” the lyric telling "about the 
stage hands going off to war and no 
member of the act being this side of 
4i Leonard’s best melody came last 
with “Sweetness, Honeysuckle of 
Mine.” Then came “Ida” and Roly 
Bolly Eyes,” both asked for, and there 
were still other requests. , But Eddie 
took it out in thanking the house and 
calling to Mabel Russell to show-her- 
self. Eddie said she was stage man- 
ager of the act. Ibee. 

Sophie Tucker and Her Five Kings of 
Syncopation. 

Songs and Music. X., „ 

26 Mins.; Full Stage (Parlor). 

Fifth Avenue. 

Sophie Tucker has five ne-«lr_boys 
as her second allotment of musicians 
who are bUled with her as the “Five 
Kings of Syncopation,” Miss Tucker 
also seems to have some new ^ongs, 
some of the very latest in the rag line, 
and one old ballad, “I’m Sorry I Made 
You Cry.” Miss Tucker's reason for 
singing the ballad under /a red spot^ 
light must be that it’s easy for her 
boyish group to rag the tune on the 
chorus. That’s not adone a reason, it’s 
the excuse for the song being in her 
act most likely. The boy musicians are 
- a violinist, pianist, cellist, cornetist 
and drummer. Of these the violin 
player, 16 years old, becomes the star 
next to Miss Tucker, who gives this 
youngster every opportunity and he 
takes full advantage. The boy kids 
with his instrument, kids with Miss 
Tucker, also sings, and in a general 
way becomes the life of the party that 
the hostess keeps up at highest pitch 
■ all the time. During the period the 
orchestra has by itself there is a series 

; of , .solos.. The one supposedly don e 

! by the! cellist sounds suspicibUsiy like 
I the Victrola on the stage playing it 
■ alone, although the cello player goes 
i through the motions. Miss Tucker 
• puts over all of her numbers of the rag 
kind and the most of them with a 
I crash. Her act is an easy hit. The 
t time 26 minutes tells that and she 
could have done more. Bime. 



Wntbn Sisters. ^ 

Muaicaf. 

22 Mins.; Ona. 

Riverside. 

Mae and Rose Wilton haVe an act 
slightly different from the usual run 
of sister acts opening^ with a double 
song iq which their yoicesi are pitched 
about the same. To this number they 
add a few dance steps and after re- 
moving their capes and hats one re- 
turns to sing, “I Hear You Calling Me,” 
in a good soprano voice, but without 
clear enunciatidp, personality or eX'- 
pression. This number slows up the 
act at the sfart, but it might only be 
used to show that one of the sisters 
can take a suppressed top note. The 
singer goes to the grand piano and 
the Other sister returns with a violin, 
with which they play a noisy jazz type 
of melody, only to stop to play a popu- 
lar ballad and let thpaudience see that 
thq violin is a very raspy affair.^ They' 
play a “blues” number on the instru- 
ments and interpolate an old song^ 
A fox trot is then played and the 
violiniste does several good dance 
steps. They sing the Hawaiian “Fare- 
well” song in good ^mony, but re- 
turn to play “Tickle Toe,” where the 
pianisfe does several toe steps. The 
violiniste attempts a speech in which 
she endeavors to secure comedy by 
making several personal references, 
one to a man in the audience whom she 
believes to be in Class A and might be 
ja member of the Jewish branch of the 
Knights of Columbus. A double blues 
number as the girls depart. The act_in 
its present shape is too long. With 
the elimination of the second song and 
stopping at the toe dance number it is 
an excellent act in an early spot on 
the big tithe, i 

Clara Morton. 

"Solo Songalogqe.” 

One. 

Palace. 

Clara Morton is alone this>trip in 
.vaudeville and doing very well. She 
will do all of that in any house while 
.alone, with her "^songs and dances, the 
“piano dance” included^ The piano- 
dance is from Miss Morton’s earliest 
stage appearance, the first vaudeville 
had then seen, and Clara is doing it as 
neatly today as she did always. Pre- 
vious acts headed by Clara Morton had 
a sketch foundation with an assist- 
ant, both superfluous for this girl, who 
needs only herself. She’s an enter- 
tainer, and a good one, the daughter of 
a famous vaudeville family. Clara 
helped fo make it famous and can al- 
ways present, the fainily’s name and 
represent it with justifiable pride and 
to its glory, 8ime. 



Frederieka Sims and Co.' (4). > 

Songs and Music. 

19 Mini.; Full Stage (Parlor). 

\|PiHh Avenue. 

B'redericka Sims is a soprano prima 
donna who sings straight songs, clos- 
ing with a new war song version, very 
fine in theme, of the joy in France at 
the arrival of the American forces. It’s 
quite the biggest thing in Miss Sims’ 
act, not excepting herself, nor her 
voice. The singer acknowledges a cer- 
tain lack of conffdence in herself by 
appearing with a quartet of rag musi- 
cians, who however play the accompani- 
ments for her straight numbers. But- 
when left to themselves those four 
boys dig right into ragging and stay 
there, to the evident pleasure of the 
audience, who appeared to prefer mu- 
sic to the singing, if the applause was 
a true guide, barring the closing war 
number (applauded for its sentiment). 
The musical combination looks very 
much like the boys who played the 
dance music at the Chateau Laurier 
at City Island this summer. They 
■\Vere a dandy little bunch up there 
and they are just as gootj on the vau- 
deville sttfge.>x'There is a drummer, 
piano player, cornet and bass viol. 
The pianist has ..a session by himself, 
for “variations,” and does something 
with it; There seems to be no great 
demand for this particular or peculiar 
style of combined act, unless “Fred- 
ericka Sims” means ever so much more 
than may be imagined. . Bime. . 

Ben Bernie. 

Muaic and Talk. ' 

12 Mins.; One. 

Fifth Avenue. ' ; . , 

“Ladies and Gentlemen; I Wish to 
announce that Ben Bernie will posi- 
tively appear here this afternoon," said 
Ben Bernie as he walked on the Fifth ^ 
Avenue stage. It was a goodetart for 
his new single, who stated his former 
partner, Baker (Bernie and Baker), 
had gone into the Navy. Several parts 
'of .the former twd-act have been re- 
tained, particularly the “Humoresque” 
number which Bernie, only with his 
violin, wlhen starting into the rag ver- 
sion of it misses much of what Baker’s 
accordion formerly did with this. But 
Bernie does just as well as both did 
with “Over There” as a Yiddish march. 
Bernie has something brand new in 
travestied music, ragging a buglw call- 
ing Reveille, also .“nancing” it, with 
his violin. A couple of new stories 
strongly appealed for laughs. Bernie, 
without doing anything of any real 
. purport nearly stopped the show in 
the No. 2 spot with his amusing noth- 



Myrla and Delmar. 

Acrobatic. 

Full Stage (Exterior). 

Fifth Avenue. : 

Two young fellows stroll on the 
stage, one carrying a golf bag and 
the other a kodak. It looks suspici-, 
ously like an acrobatic opening, thus 
soft stuff acrobats have affected of 
late and of course all foltewing one 
another.' Then the couple commence 
to acrobat, including hand balancing, 
and exit with the kodak and golf bags 
as chimes are heard. It isn’t made 
known who rings the bells on them. 
The turn seems too light for big time 
consumption. The camouflage/ has 
grown too familiar to leave this sort 
oL an act longer in any kind of a 
novelty class. Bime. 

Siilith and Loael. 

Songs and Dances. 

9 Mins.; One. 

Man and woman, colored* with the 
man’s best, dancing; woman’s best, 
singing. Between the two the woman’s 
is the bptter end of the turn. - The 
man’s one dance, however, docs much 
to redeem him. At that though he will 
keep the turn on the small time whete 
it can get away. Bime. 



purport nearly stopped the show in 
the No. 2 spot with his amusing noth- 
ingness. His easy manner when on 
the stage and his affable assurance, 
with the violin as an old reliable, will 
send Mr. Bernie over as a single on 
any bill. He’s just one of those natural 
entertainers and im this case some-, 
what of a higher grade than a large 
number of others who could be so 
classed. - Bime. 

Jane Green and James Blyler. 

Songs and Piano. 

14 Mins.; One. 

Hippodrome, San Francisco. 

This new vaudeville combination will 
be heard from. The turn consists 
mostly of rag and jazz songs sung by 
Jane Green, accompanied by Janies 
Blyler on the piano. Miss Green 
makes one change of costume. During 
the time occupied by the change Mr. 
Blyler plays a rag on the piano. It 
could be replaced by something more 
suitable. The little talk indulged in 
for Miss Green’s exit does not help 
the turn, but these minor faults are 
fOrg'Otteiv'art'd" have 

any effect on the success of the act 
here, where it was the hit of the bill. 
In putting over jazz humbers Miss 
Green was a real surprise, and sur- 
passes even the big 'timers who have 
been seen here. The “wiggle” of Miss 
Green’s, in evidence in most^of the 
numbers, is slightly overdone. 









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B U Y BO N D S 




COLUMBIA. 



I'ho Columbia put on a good bill for Its 
Sunday concert and it had a big house at the 
matinee. There has been a decided change at 
the Columbia .since the opening this season. 
IiBst Sunday the program ran through vlthout 
a hitch, not a sound excepting applause, and 
lib waits on the stage. The Columbia man- 
agement appears to have stopped bow stealing 
and’ encore talcing. It’s a big step forward 
and makes for a much better performance. One 
of the turns had a weak member that ordin- 
arily would have been laughed at by the Co- 
lumbia gallery but the upstairs allowed the 
turn to finish without a murmur. 

„ was reported abound the theatre that Fred 
McCioy, tho general publicity reprosentatlro 
of the Columbia Circuit and who takes charge 
of the Columbia at the Sunday . matinees, had 
brought the miraculous change about through 
a system of his own, but Mr. McCioy refused 
to give any information. Anyway, it is pe- 
culiarly noticeable, and if tho Columbia con- 
tinues as it was last Sunday, it will be one of 
.the very best places in Now York for acts to 
appear in, for the one day a week, particu- 
larly as the house draws many managers and 
agents among its Sunday attendance. 

The show opened with Chlng Ling Soo and 
Co., Chinese magicians, who wore not Chinese 
and did a disjointed mystery turn to slight 
applause. That, with Smith and Lesle, No. 2, 
are under New Acts. Charles Dingle and Co., 
in an Irish singing skit, had one good mem- 
ber as the Irish mother and one poor one as 
the daughter, with Mr. Dingle singing the 
songs. The story is old, of an Irish boy from 
America, returning disguised,’ to reclaim his 
sweetheart,^ The act is small time altogether. 

Hill and -Ackerman were about No. 3 with 
their smooth tomfoolery, appearing now wlth- 
'out the Termer woman assistant, but having 
In its place the "impersonations of well ad- 
vertised men you have never met” as first 
done by Harry Watson in “Odds and Ends." 
It makes a very good bit for these two men. 
Keane and Edwards (Now Acts). 

Roy La Pearl, who followed, with his com- 
pany of two and doing tho act mostly -from 
the audience, where two Italian boys are 
seated, has not changed the turn any since 
first, presenting It. That leaves the act small 
time only. It’s a good comedy turn In spots, 
but has not been gathered In for best results. 
About when It should end. It restarts with a 
piano act’ La Pearl, outside of the talk, 
appears to be a steel guitar player, though he 
Dilso plays the piano. Ti'immed down properly, 
the act could show once around on the big 
time, but hardly In its present shape. 

Following Harry and Grace Ellsworth (New 
Acts) was George Rosener In character Im- 
personations. He got the hit of the bill,’ next 
to closing, but Frank Wilson, straight bl- 
cyclist, who followed and closed the perform- 
anco, could be given an equal score. Mr WII- 
feon has something new in bicycle riding, ap- 
pearing -alone, without comedy or comedy 
make-up. Going through some usual straight 
riding tricks for the opening, he closes with 
hands off riding, doing tricks and riding 
t^he safety bicycle without touching the handle 
bars or^the machine at any time with . his 
hands. While it is a pretty late day for any- 
on .0 to show something new in bicycle riding. 
Prank Wilson is doing it, making a novelty 
act of his neat bicycle turn. He is of pleas- 
ant appearance besides. Closing the perform- 
anoe, Wilson held tho house for a real hit. 

" , Sime. 



now, after all of those years, when he can 
dance and did dance Monday night, an agile 
old-timer of whom ibero is none any better, 
now or then. 

Tho Morton children, Clara and Paul, have 
made individual names for themselves. They 
are Individual features In vaudeville, Clara, 
now alone, and the clever Paul, with hts pretty 
and talented wife, Naomi Class (who appeared 
with the group for the final bow). 

Martha did little beyond dancing. Perhaps 
the absence of her stage gowns removed some 
of her assurance before the footlights. Joe 
seems to be there on the style of Paul, a 
juvenile, who can sing, dance and talk. The 
combined Morton family, routed over the 
larger houses, should be a standing box ofiSce 
attraction. They may have accounted for the 
very large Monday night attendance. 

) -Closing the performance were LeRoy, Talma 
and Bosco, with considerable new matter and 
some added people, it seems. One very good 
•bit of comedy and noiw is done by Bosco, a 
"magical melodrama,” it might be termed, 
growing more laughable as it progresses. The 
turn, greatly aided by the additions and 
changes, passed away about 23 minutes very 
pleasanjly, and held in the entire house. 

Sime. 



RIVERSIDE. 



PALACE. 



The Palace program started at 7 :69 Monday 
with the Gardiner Trio (with some- 
^hing of ft new act for them) opening the 
show at that time. This rushed the program 
through to end before 11.15, the objective seem- 
ingly sought by the management. No pic- 
tures showed at either end of the bill. 

It brought the No. 3 act, "Crosby’s Cor- 
ners on before 8 :30, and the Avon Comedy 
Four, in their second week, finished before 
nine, with Lucille Cavanagh (New Acts) clos- 
ing (he first part. • 

The second part was a Four-Morton family 
reunion and revival, with seven Mortons 
divided into three acts, all assembling for a 
grand finale during and closing the present 
turn of the Four Mortons, now Sam, Kitty, 
Martha and Joe. Tho others were Clara 

Morton, who did a single turn (New Acts), 
and Morton and Glass in their own act, with- 
out tho former house-front drop. Through a 
baggage delay. Mrs. Kitty Morton and her 
daughter. Martha, were minus their stage 
clothes. . At first, for thp reunion, the six 
Mortons lined up on tho stage in "one," with 
a smattering of the old act of the Four Mor- 
tons, that part where Paul formerly entered 
asking bis father where Centre street was. 
"Clntor strate" Kitty called It then, and 
made tho same remark Monday night, while 
Joe took Paul’s former dialog (with Paul 
watching his younger brother). "Down two 
blocks and up ono alley," replied Sam. where- 
upon Joe continued to a point where Paul 
broke in saying that was his old stuff. At 
that Sam made tho sumo old swing at Paul, 
and Paul returned It with the same old slap 
on tho stomach. Perhaps Sam found he 
couldn't control .Toe’s slaps, and would take 
no chances. It’s a groat reunion, all of these 
vaudeville favorites, and it starts the old 

and his wife (Kitty) started. There are 
many horejihouts who recall when Clara as 
"The Dresden China Doll” (and slio was all 
of that) first appeared with her parents, tho 
Thrc(* MortonH, then Paul, about aa young as 
Joe is now, making it tho Four Mortons. The 
Morton children beenmo almost ns finished 
porforraers as their parents. It would be hard, 
almost Impossible, to acknowledge Sam Morton 
has a peer as a performer In his line even 



The Levolos in their wire act with tha 
woman looks refreshingly young, and in 
which Lcvolo shows a slightly different rou- 
tine of feats on tho tight and Black wire, 
open^ the show. The juggling trick and tho 
bicycle stunt at the end of tho act are worth 
while, but tho "souse” bit slows up the run- 
ning. 

Mao and Rose Wilton (New Acts) occupied 
the second spot. 

Bobby Matthews, assisted by a dandy com- 
pany of three, struck an early hit with his 
fanciful skit, "Tho Rounder of Old Broad- 
way." Mr. Matthews first shows a drop of 
Broadway, which evidently has not been hit 
by the lightless night order, and then in- 
forms the audience in song that as a rounder 
he meets various types, interesting and en- 
ispi^lning. Matthews sings a song about 
life . being a see-saw," which "has a well 
pointed lyric, and finishes with another 
chorus about characters. The cast takes a 
bow with him, and the act scored a laughing 
hit and proved a diverting novelty. That Mr ’ 
Matthews does not take all the meat but al- 
lows the others to gather laughs ie a tribute 

his showmanship. The act went very big. 
A1 Shayne is assisted by an unprogramed 
comMlan who acts as the Italian cometlst 
in the orchestra pit. Shayne starts the act 
by abusing an Italian opera with peculiar 
vocal intonations and facial distortions. The 
cometlst takes it upon himself to change 
Shayne 8 ideas of the music, and while the 
orchestra crew are in a heated debate, steps 
on the stage and attempts to explain that 
Shayne 8 "pipes” are not in good working 
order. The comeUst, fed by Shayne, gathered 
pig laughs and the argument was settled by 
®*"8lng an old-time popular song in 
which the cometlst sang the lyrics and Shayne 
Interpolated various weird sounds and top 
notes in harmony with the melody. The act 
was the hit of the first part. 

Eddie Poy, assisted by the six little Foys, 
had easy sailing. A benefit for the Red Cross 
is suggested, and the children all do their 
various specialties, starting with a recitation 
by Iryl^ng ^and finishing with a whirlwind 
dance by Charles and Mary Poy. The act 
dos^ tte first part In excellent style, and 
Foy fiaa^de a short speech In which he told the 
folks that bis oldest son, Bryan, was In the 
service. 

During Intermission Jules Lenzberg offered 

"The March of 
which the flags of the various 
Allied ^ countries were shown, and finishing 
with the national anthem. 

Miss Juliet (New Acts) opened tho second 
half with an act greatly different from which 
she has shown heretofore. 

Van and SChenck In their second week, in 
evening clothes, opened with a new double 
song, well appreciated, and then did a new 
double Irish number in good style. Van next 
introduced a new negro comic about essential 
employment and’ Schenck sang a ballad while 
SMted at the piano. A new "Dixie” number 
wiui a patter chorus came in for appreciation, 
remrned and offered a new comedy 
new ‘‘blue™’^*'' encore they sang a 

Introduced by 

Madam Brundll (New Acte), closed the show. 



COLONIAL. 



^nrllng hw been doing a heap of ob- 
jecting about the way the llghtless nights 
have played hob with attendance. His per- 
sistence or Insistence must have caused the 
fuel powers that be to let up Just a trifle 
for he is now allowed to light the two 
corner lamps in the pavement canopy. That 
helps a IltGe. Monday night there was a 
real box office line operating and bUBlnesa 
was noticeably bettor than it has been so 
downstairs*******" there was plenty of room 

slowly. The first half of 
close to. a blank as to scoring 
until Eddie Leonard established a "zero hour” 

• fn - closing ■ lutormiSsidfr over ’for" 

They wanted 

Eddie Inde^itely, but even ho recognized that 
34 was sufficient. 

Prank Hartley opened, pulling out well 
enough with bis bottle balanoing trick. He 
missed repeatedly, even fumbling hts saucer, 
cup and spoon stunt. Mitchell and King, In 
bird, bugle and farmyard mimicry, Mged 
No. 2. Their last bit, an 
Imitation of g cat squabble, saved the turn. 



Soveral other "impressions” of farmyard crea- 
tures wore among the best of the balance of 
the routine. 

Ames and Wlnthrop followed with a fllv. 
Their "One Moment, Please,” started out on 
high gear but failed to keep_the pace, Ames 
a laugh on his entrance and tho first 
half of tho turn ran along happily. Ames 
told Andy Byrne to play the “Deabrosses Street 
Rhapsody” for the first dance, and the an- 
tique number brought some giggles. After 
the Indian number the act sagged and never 
recovered. Had the pair taken a-^bow they 
might have slid lato tho sure fire "Gonga 
Din" bit. But the bouse didn’t know the act 
was over until the pair were off. They did 
not reappear and everyone let It go at that. 
Cooper and Ricardo, in fourth spot, were not 
able to start much. True they did not have 
it soft, figuring the slow going ahead. Tho 
Peering two new song numbers in 
•Rpek-a-Bye" and "Keep Sending Them Over” 
and can stand some new comedy material. 
Tho running therefore up to the Leonards 
entrance was not up to standard, 

After intermission the show held the pace 
set by the blackface star and the balance of 
tte bill scored. Parsons and Irwin were 
first to proceed; and after the four-minute 
drama, livened , things with pleasant vocal- 
of You," "Mother of Mine” 
and ‘Popular Operatic Strain" sent them "in" 
with ease, and the several encores, delivered 
on earned applause made their score second 
to Leonard’s. 

Bert Baker and Co., in "Prevarication,” 
planted the bill’s ewnedy punch on sixth. 
lAUghs fell thick and fast throughout the 30 
minuces or more of the farce. Mr. Baker 
was In fine trim, and with several new players 
assisting, the act looks stronger than last 
season. The wife character has a new woman 
and there is a familiar face (not programed) 

Sort s office assistant. This man Is not 
youmful but he is funny and helps the going, 
in fact, is much better than the original 
player. 

Baker turn and Leonard’s were respon- 
sible for a late show, the final curtain falling 
around 11.25. The Duncan Sisters (New 
Acts) appeared at five minutes to eleven, and 
that left General Pisano to enter for tho 
finish at 11.15. Pisano, minus the mountain 
climbing Hun. Interested with his clever dls- 
Play of marksmanship and he' held them In. 
He is shooting some of ’the targets from near 
back of the house, running down the aisle for 
the bit — a novelty. 



FIFTH AVENUE. 



If JMlss Chandler continues to draw them in 
the remainder of the week and for the- rest 
of the time she is on the circuit. It would be 
a good idea to sign her for a return trip right 
away. The supporting bill was made up of 
eight acts and a comedy picture, all pleasing 
turns and interesting. 

The first two poaltlons were awarded to Rob- 
-ert Swan and McDonald and Cleveland (New 
Byans and Sidney, billed 
as "The Painters." The men dressed as paint- 
ers with overalls and jumpers got off to a 
poor start while working on> the ladder, but 
when they descended and started their cross- 
fire tho turn looked better, and tho laughs be- 
gan to come with more speed. The fat man’s 
mmedy and the singing of the straight wore 
their biggest assets, and they closed to real 
returns .on the comedy song and "nut” dance 
final. 

Holden and Herron were wlld-flre at the 
Roof. Tho beat part of Mr. Holden’s comedy 
^ Mllor In the first row, who he 
mlled Fred.” MoaUy all the "gags" he told 
he dcalL Fred’s atteaUon to, asking him what 
he thought of ’em. The real comedy was when 
he asked Fred to tell Eddie Burch (orchestra 
leader) he wanted to si^k to him, during his 
parmer’s solo. The "Gob" got right up and 
kept shaking Eddie until he almost shook him 
off his chair. This bit had the audience in a 
roar, and the couple finished with a war num- 
ber which sent them over big. 

^.*5® Chandler closed intermission and hung 
up the hit ol the show. She has a pleasing 
offering, is assisted by a clover pianist, and 
anywhere. Besides her regular 
turn, which lasted about 16 minutes, she had 
to do three encores, running 26 minutes in all. 

George and Lilly Garden In their xylophone 
turn made a neat appearance, the man In 
white erenlng dress and the woman in a pretty 
gown. Their work is along the ordinary run 
of players of this Instrument, consisting of 
overtures, oiwratlc pieces and "rag" selecubns. 
They were given a good finish at the Roof and 
could have returned for an encore. Walter D. 
Nealand and Co., In “Everything But the 
.’u P®“ a woman, started slowly 

with me husband and wife working, but when 
the third V party, a "lawyer from upstairs,” 
reached the scene, it brightened up and the 
turn ran better. 

Cook and Lorenz were given a reception at 
their -entrance and responded with some good 
cross-fire which had the patrons laughing all 
the way. The men have a good routine which 
earned them solid applause. The Three Alfon- 
sos (New Acts) closed the show 



The Fifth Avenue had 'em hanging on the 
ceiling Tuesday night. It must have been 
the War Song Contest. The final was for 
that evening. Ropes were out at eight and 
they were needed. The crowd kept coming 
in and the house must have about reached a 
record in receipts. 

The contest, running 35 minutes, closed the 
show, won by "My Belgian Rose” (Feist), 
sung by^ Artie Mehllnger. Other contestants 
were "Homeward Bound" (Feist), the first 
m be given; then "Hello Central" (Waterson, 
Berlin & Snyder), "Dreaming of Home. Sweet 
Home (Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.), in theT 
four spot, and "Got to Get Up” (W. B. & S.), 
fifth. They were the five winners- of the 
contest on the first five nights of last week. 
In the list the newest number was "Dreaming 
of Home, Sweet Home," having a very pretty 
melody, with a sweet lyric. It looks like one 
of tne best of the later crop of war ballads. 

The program ran nicely, with the new' 
Arbucklo film comedy In the centre of It. 
Patty’s’ ’’Cook" bringing a great deal of 
laughter, not a little of 'which was secured 
through Buster Keaton In It, also that other 
corking good screen comedian, A1 St. John. 

No particular big hit stood out in the vaude- 
ville. • Clark and Verdi, next to closing, might 
“av®, ^secured one with their old act but they 
dldn t with the new material they may be 
breaking In. There Is a very funny bit about 
the female statues carried and a good comedy 
finish, but- they will have to build up the re- 
®a*po6r of the talk to make the turn rank 
■with their others, their tlallan characters 
remaining the same. 

In the older turns on the 5111, Hager and 
Goodwin, second, did not fare overwell, the 
turn closing almost cold with their ’’Day at 
the County Pair.” There are too many an- 
nouncements of their own' compositions, A 
whman plant carried for one helped some 
for the moment. It was In a ballad. One of 
the two mpn. is at a piano and the other 
Is a charatt;er singer, It seems, first doing 
a coon” .number. The frameup Is. much 
along the linos of Van" and Schenck, but only 
the frameup. 

Merle’s Cockatoos opened the show, with 
young Miss Merle becomingly and modernly 
costumed, , There Is an attractive stage set- 
ting, with the many birds decorating It. They 
are put through tricks, with some comedy, 
and It makes an entertaining as well as a 
"sight” turn. 

In the third spot, Bronson and Baldwin 
did fairly well, so early, they closing nicely 
with tho Hawaiian bit. 

Ethel Clifton and Co., Predorlcka Sims and 
Co. and Myrle and Delmar (New Acts). 

Sime. 



^„' 23D STREET. 

All houses around New York watch for tho 
opportunity of billing some act "direct from 
toe Palace. The 23d’ had its chance the 
first half, when Williams and Wolf us played 
the house. The team at the Palace and Royal 
last week, a tiresome task, worked with aa 
SIS®** . ^^® Monday night as they 

Old at the biggest house on toe circuit. In 
the next-to-closlng postlon toe couple cleaned 
up so thoroughly that for a time It looked as 
if the closing act would not be allowed to 
®PP®^f- - The Three Eddys closed the show. 

Bollinger and Reynolds, In a corking good 
wire OTt, opened it to a fine start. Billlnger’s 
comedy on toe tight bounding rope got him 
one iau^ after another, and his clever tricks 
earned him. enough to send him over with 
some to spare. Belle Myers, doing the same 
act as she dld_ back in 1911, but not doing 
it as well, held down the second position, 
and slowed up proceedlnge. Miss Myers might 
have had a chance to make the big time at 
her debut, but not now. Although her cos- 
tumes are nice, she has little else. The clos- 
ing Scotch song and dance was about the beat, 
and earned a passable score. 

Brady ■ and Mabohy in their laugh nro- 
voking "Cruise of a Doughnut” hung up a 
well earned hit. New talk has been added 
to their old routine, but the old "gags’' are 
still scoring toe big laughs. The remedy 
cross-fire had the house in an uproar, and toe 
parodies on popular songs brought the men 
back for an encore. 

. Jford and Fuller in a pleasing novelty turn 
followed and scored. . The man as an English 

Johnny” and the woman in tights make a 
good combination for the better small time 
houses. Their work consists of juggling, 
unlcycle riding, comedy talk and a violin solo 
by the woman. The act is a novelty, and 
should do. 

Sid Townes & Co. (New Acts) in "A Story 
in Songs’ were in the fifth spot, and proved 
ellglWe. Sherman and Uttry, looking well 
in their riding habits, went through their 
singing and dancing turn in good form, and - 
finished strong. Mr. Dttry’s recitation about 
the race-horse was a pleasing hit, and added 
to the applause. 

Wm. S. Hart in "Riddle Qawne” ended the 
bill at 11. 



HAMILTON. 



AMERICAN ROOF. 



K ■ muirt’-haVer heen ctfribur’popte ' 

around 42d street and 8th avenue had to In- 
vestlgn'to as to who too single woman was who 
being billed so big at toe American was, and 
if she deserved her publicity. To satisfy their 
curiously they attended the Tuesday night per- 
formance at tho Roof in such large mimbers 
tho business was the biggest this season on a 
week-day night atop tho Roof. 

Anna Chandler is the single, and is hooked 
on tho LoeW_ Circuit for a week at each house. 



The Dancing Contest, an extra added fea- 
ture at the Hamilton every Monday evening, 
may have been the reason standing room was 
at a premium that night. At least two 
couples out of the four entered could put it 
over many a small time dancing act traveling 
tho circuits at the present moment. Canfield 
and Cohan in the next to closing spot were 
the -only seasoned act on tho hill, and they 
•;iSC(H 0 d the -.lav ghlng-hit of- the porformancoi-’ ’ 
Gold, Reece and Edwards opened with skat- 
ing and dancing (New Acts). Arthur Lloyd 
and Nat Nazarro, Jr. (New Acts). Following 
the Seml-’VYeekly News reel, which split toe 
bill at this point, came Emma Stevens with a 
song, and was well liked. After Canfield and 
Cohen- kept the audience in good humor for 
about 20 minutes of continuous laughter the 
Welling Trio went through a fast routine of 
acrobatics (New Acts). Constance Talmadge 
in "Good Night, Paul I” the feature film, closed. 






S'' 

I- 







CABARET 



BernJe Grauw, former pianist at 
Amron's, has joined the Black and 
White Five, and is now at the Tokio. 

Tom Murray has taken Boss' place 
in Gordon, Ross and Ball (Triangle 
Trio). 

Billy Sharp opened a revue at the 
Marlborough Hotel Sunday night, fea- 
turing the Three Chums (Miller, Black 
and Mack), - 

Henry McCauley will manage the 
181st Street Ice Rink this winter. _ He 
formerly managed the Bay Ridge 
theatre. 

The Plaza in Brooklyn has changed 
its name to the Piccadilly and opened 
with a new revu6, produced by Victpr 
Hyde, last week. 

Boh Levy was in San Francisco last 
week securing talent for Levy’s, Los 
Angeles. According to a report Levy’s, 
however, will discontinue the enter- 
tainment feature. 

The Somers ; restaurant revue, 

. Brooklyn, produced by Billy Sharp, 
has Grace Palmen Billy Walsh, Nat 
Coster, Flo Reed, Leon St. Clair,- Babe 
Smith. Mae Brown and a chorus of 
eight girls. 

The Hotel Seaboum, Coney Islaind, 
closes its season tomorrow (Saturday) 
with a "Deoch and Doris Night” as 
the finale. It will also mark the end- 
ing of Billy Werner’s tenancy of the 
place. 

The Pommery agency over here will 
move to Chicago Oct. 1 when Murray 
Keller of that city assume it, taking 
the agency over from Francis Dratz in 
New York. At the same time A1 
Sanders will again resume his connec- 
tion with the Pommery brand, 

A* the quiet Sundays succeed one 
another there is less motoring in and 
around New York, with the road 
houses remaining closed on that day. 
Most of the road house men come into 
New York by train to see their city 
competitors. 

The Committee of Fourteen has been 
somewhat active around of late in con- 
nection with the cabaret shows, look- 
ing for “bare legs” mainly. One 
restauran't was called upon to give a 
private performance of its sho^ for 
the information of the committee’s 
representative. 

A runway was installed at the Por- 
tola-Louvre, San Francisco, for the 
new revue which opened last Sunday. 
The new show has 16 girls in the 
chorus. The principals are Bobbie 
Robinson, Vera Ransdale, Charlotte 
Vermont, Mary Kay. The show is 
under the direction of George Woeds. 

. Changes seem imminent or have 
been made in the Folly Caprice, Pabst 
Harlem, Frances Demarcst, one of 
the leaders of the cabaret at its open- 
ing, is preparing to enter vaudeville 
as a "single act.” Gertrude Venderbilt, 
another principal, is engaged for a new 
John Cort musical show. 

The Seven Bracks, the acrobatic 
turn specializing in "risley” work, are 
at Rector’s (downstairs) on a 20-week 
contract. The act is reputed getting 
the same 

Bracks are said to be the first big 
acrobatic act tried in cabarets. The 
Rath brothers have been in the Cen- 
tury roof show for several weeks. 

The College . Inn, Chicago, expects 
soon to resume with an ice show. 
Charlotte, who was th« fc#tgl» 



year, is still in that city. Offers for 
her appearance in New York were 
turned down. Tjie skater at first de- 
manded $1,000 weekly, later dropping 
to $700., The latter is reported to be 
double the salary paid her at the 
Hippodrome, New York. 

Frisco the “jazz dancer” is going 
into vaudeville, having a girl assistant. 
He expects to include the Dixieland 
Jazz band, a Chicagb bunch of players 
who have been at Reisenweber’s. The 
act is framed to play the bigger New 
York hduses with a possible repeat. 
Last week? Frisco stuttered his “notice” 
to Flo Zeigfeld who laughed, but the 
“jazzer” said he was getting through 
at the “Midnight Frolic” Saturday. 

Detectivo James McName'e, of In^ 
spector Cahalane’s staff, stepped into 
Chester’s Cabaret at Central Park 
West and noth street, Monday night, 
announcing that the place was 
“pinched.” i6r permitting dancing with- 
out a license to run a dance hall. 
Faetano Camparatb, the manager, was 
arrested and was paroled by Magis- 
trate Nolan, in the Washington 
Heights Police Court, until Oct. 4, 
when the case will be ^ heard. The 
manager pleaded not guilty. 

The new show to be produced by the 
Shuberts at the 44th Street theatre 
roof is as yet unamed, In the cast are 
Justine Johnstone, Avon Comedy Four, 
Father Sisters, Watson Sisters, Ed. 
Wynn. The rehearsals start today. In 
the minstrel first part, in white face, 
will be Connie Farber and Kitty Wat- 
son on the ends, and Justine Johnstone 
as -interlocutor. The material is by 
Henry I. Marshall, and this part of the 
performance is scheduled to run an 
hour. The show is due to open on 
Oct. 16. 

As indooY ice skating rinks will be 
discontinued this winter to conserve 
ammonia, the college hockey teams will, 
for the duration of the war, confine 
their hockey activities to roller skates. 
A committee of students, representing 
the hockey teams of the large casern 
universities, called upon Charles Dil- 
lingham recently, to inquire regarding 
the use of the new Hippodrome Hard- 
wood skating floor, employed in the 
roller skating scene in “Everything.’ 
The collegians proposed to use the 
Hippodrome floor in the mornings for 
matjches. 

The former Balconnades Room at 
Healy’s, at 66th street, is now "Camp 
Frolics,” w»»h the interior converted 
into the semblance of a cantonment. 
The room is partitioned and tented, 
with the several “camps” named after 
generals of the American forces. 
There is a soda fountain department 
in the room, where any kind.of a drug- 
store drink may be, secured by men in 
uniform or those who want it. The 
soda fountain to date has done little 
besides getting rusty. Benny Urber- 
all is again director of the Balcon- 
nades Room. Healy’s new ice show 
on the floor above (Golden Glades) 
will open about Nov. 1, supplanting the 
present ice revue there. 

Rod Wostorlaln, who gives his ad- 
dress as Brancardier, III, Belgian 
Army, has written asking for infor- 
mation regarding the whereabouts of 
his father. He says : “Fred Westcrlain 
left Belgium for the United States 

^ some-30 year s -ago and played . in 

atre orchestras and bands, I believe 
he was in New York, Chicago, Butte, 
Helena, Victoria and Douglas (Alaska). 
I am a poof Belgian private soldier 
who has spent his courage and health 
these last four years for the honor 
and liberty of the world.” Anybody 
having any inforwatioo reg ardipg 



Fred Westerlain kindly communicate 
it to the Shubert Press Department, 
44th Street Theatre, New York. 

According to the music stores and ' 
the various orchestras, the following 
pieces ^re the song hits of the current 
new musical attractions playing in New 
York. “Head Over Heels” has “Head 
Over Heels” arid “The Big Show”; 
“The Maid of the Mountains’* has “My 
Life Is Love” and “When You’re In 
Love”; “Some Day Waiting Will End" 
seems to be the hit of “The Girl Behind 
the Gun”; “Everything” numbers “Sun- 
shine Alley” and “Come Along to Toy 
Town,” as its favorites; in "Some 
■Night” there are "Something That 
Money Can’t Buy,” “With the Boy I 
Love” and “Alone in a Great Big 
World; “Fiddlers Three” has “Can It 
Be Love at Last?” while “The Passing 
Show of 1918” has "On the Level 
You’re a Little Devil,” and “Smiles." 

The pescimUtic news from Washing- 
ton has not deferred Atlantic City cafe 
proprietors from their position that a 
splendid fall and winter business awaits 
them. Proiirietor Robert G. Simon of 
the Martinique has just opened the 
Russian Balalika Orchestra of ten for 
an indefinite engagement with a mu- 
sical program each evening. At the 
Bedux Arts, Joseph H. Moss is plan- 
ning for special nights which will e^iial 
those of former years, though minus 
the cabaret features, now under local 
police ban. The Jackson is making a 
specialty of dinners with Kienzle's or- 
chestra feature. At the cozy Latzcellar 
dance music adds to the splendid res- 
taurant bill, while the Martin Cafe 
continues the Three White Kuhns and 
Harry Nossokoff. The Regent, under 
Manager Frank Bowman is also sched- 
uling fall features for its cafe. 

Joseph C. Smith hit Broadway last 
week from Chicago in quest of fee 
skaters, that class of cabaret artist^ 
being in high demand in the west ana 
especially in Chicago. . Cafes there 
holding ice rinks continue along as in 
the past, the anti-cabaret ordinance 
prohibits liquor being sold where danc- 
ing is allowed. Dancing on skates by 
the artists, singing on skates and the 
like slips by the law. Smith has a 
two-hour pantomime on skates at 
Terrace Gardens, using 40 skaters. 
Three shows daily are given--one at 
noon and two in the evening. There 
is a 50 cent cover charge. The show 
is really a revue, made up of portions 
of well known pantomimes. Smith also 
has running a novelty than has caught 
on strongly along the north shore of 
the lake. It is a dancing revue given 
for the\ guests of the Edgewater Beach 
Hotel. The dancers perform on a plat- 
form float bn the water about 200 feet 
from shore. The platform is painted 
black and under the glare of spot- 
lights, the artists appear to be dancing 
on the water. 

Maxim’s new show, once more pro- 
duced by Percy Elkeles and stagpd by 
Billy Sharp, had its opening Monday, 
with Veronica, Gosman Twins and 
Miss Bradwell as principals, together 
with six chorus girls. The costuming 
of the revue is extraordinary when 
the size of the restaurant, which must 
regulate the cost of the show, is con- 
sidered. No more costly nor more 
tasty dressing has been seen in the 
restaurants. There are several^ num- 
bers, one excelling the other in the 
clothes, with the opening set of cos- 
tumes starting the admiration. Among 
the people of the revue Veronica (who 
prefers to be hereafter known as 

tionably stands out. She is a natural 
toe dancer, lithe, graceful and skilful 
on her toes. Miss Marquise is doing 
a pretty doll dance, also another num- 
ber. She is a very attractive picture, 
whether in solos or in the ensembles. 
The Gosman Twins will recall to 
Mwip’B pMrqtw tlttfi Bqrr Twigs, who 



got their start there. The Gosman 
girls do not resemble the Barrs in 
more than the composition of their 
turn and name. They do very fairly, 
and will probably improve as they 
grow accustomed, to the restaurant. 
Miss Bradwell is the sbubret. She 
suffers somewhat by comparison. The 
chorus girls, made to look reMly hand- 
some by the clothes they wear and 
who are also making up much better 
than the usual cabaret choristers, are 
Helen Paine, Babatte Bussey, Florence 
Weston, Denys Davidson, Marion 
George, Ruth Lloyd. Mr. Elkries has 
always fitted Maxim’s perfectly with 
its revues. He has done it again with 
this show, helping along the intimacy 
of the rather small room with a 
novelty number, through which the 
patrons are allowed to try to throw 
cotton balls into the pockets of a pro- 
truding costume. A reward is /given 
by the girls to the successful pitchers 
—either a kiss or a smile— ^nd that 
should become popular. 

“Attaboy’* is the new and smooth 
running pleasing restaurant revue Gus 
Edwards has placed in the Oinar 
Khayyam Room of the Hotel Martin- 
ique. It is prettily costumed; has eight 
good looking girls, also “workers,”^ in 
the chorus, with principals from other 
Edwards floor snows who have be- 
come quite fairly well known. Among 
the latter are Mercedes Lorenz, Irene 
Martin and Bobby O’Neil. Mr. O’Neil 
seems a valuable juvenile in these days. 
Miss Martin is back again with Ed- 
wards after having played vaudeville 
for awhile with Sheets Gallagher who 
■was drafted. Kathleen Hitchens is 
new to the company. She is a prima, 
young and of good appearance, with 
a splendid voice, but no animation or- 
"spirit.” Miss Lorenz takes good care 
of the numbers the leads. Mr. O’Neil 
sings and danceli "doubling” In black- 
face for the/nomewhat protracted ■ 
patriotic finale of the performance. 
The finale of the first part is “You Can 
Always Get a Packavc Here by Parcel ■ 
Post.” with the girls going through 
the dining-room, “delivering” little 
addressed boxes to the patrons. Most 
of the boxes were addressed to Lila 
Lee ("Cuddles”) at the Paramount 
studios, Hollywood, so Gus mixed 
pleasure with more business here. This 
finale closes nicely through all the 
girls arguing among themselves as 
they return to the stage. The music 
of the special numbers was written 
and the show staged by Mr. Edwards. 
Will D. Cobb wrote the lyrics, and as 
usual they are well worth listening to 
when unaerstood. It Is^ rather inex- 
plicable why such a brilliant lyricist 
as Cobb doesn’t swing into a wider 
sphere. His peer would be bard to 
locate were Cobb ever to set himself 
to the task. Several numbers from 
other writers are used In the grand 
finale, with the choruses printed on 
the program for '■the audience to sing. 
The costuming is tastefully attractive 
all the time. The closing suits or uni- 
forms of the several military and 
naval divisions, each represented by a 
girl,. are alluring. The opening num- 
ber is "Lady Laborers.” with the differ- 
ent girls in some man’s work attire. 
Mr. O’Neil is the only mate in the 
show. Eleanor Pierce does a dance at 
one moment called ‘The Oriental 
Jazz.” Any other name will fit it as 
well. . One of Miss Lorenz’s numbers 
is “You’ve Got to Be in Khaki to Look 
Good to Me." “Attaboy" makes a nice 
entertainment. It’s agreeable-— and 
there are “girls" (in fleshings, though 
their limbs look bare). 

Los Angeles, Sept. 25. 

Earl Williams, now in the ^st, is 
to shortly marry a wealthy girl named 
Florine Walz. Announcement was 
made of the coming event before Mr. 
Williams left here. His bride-to-be is 
here, but will go east in a few days. 





















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“The NRitghty Wife” has been out, 
by Harry L. Parker, and is booked 
primarily as a camp attraction through 
the east and south. The piece will 
also be shown at various cities along 
the route. The cast includes Fred 
Sumner, Gaston Bell, Reva Greenwood 
and Belle D’Arcy. 

Inasmuch as no casting has been 
done for the new Winter Garden show, 
which is expected to replace the pres- 
ent Garden attraction which goes on 
tour, the present show is now almost 
certain to remain there until around 
the holidays. 

There are to be but two companies 
of “Going Up” mainly because of the 
production being too costly to tripli- 
cate. It entails an expenditure of 
$12,000 for each company. One com- 
pany is on the road. Chicago is being 
held for the original cast, which is 
still drawing strongly on Broadway. 

Berry Melton, who is a professional, 
has a brother, a sailor, in a New York 
hospital. He would like to get into 
communication with her. If Miss Mel- 
ton will write the Soldiers’ Welfare 
Department, Women’s War Relief, 366 
Fifth avenue. New York, she will be 
further advised. 

In the new Edgar Selwyn-Channing 
Pollock play, “Crowded Out,” there are 
Franklyn Ardell, Allan Dinehart, 
Christie Norman and Willette Ker- 
shaw. It opens Oct. 7 in Washington, 
then goes to Philadelphia for several 
weeks, with New York as its ultimate 
goal. 

• ^ . ■ 

Joe Click is to be back with “Leave 

It to Jane,” the second company of 
that show to be sent out by Elliott, 
Comstock & Gest. The show opens 
at Schenectady, N. Y., Sept. 30, and 
then plays the middle west week 
stands. The attraction carries 60 
people. 

Captain Malone, one of the directors 
of the London Gaiety, and the man 
who directed the New York production 
of "The Maid of the Mountains,” has 
been going over the various Elliott, 
Comstock & Gest productions in com- 
pany with William Elliott with the 
idea of finding material suitable for a 
London presentation. 

Mike Donlin , is playing Muggs in 
“Turn to the Right” at the Standard, 
New York, this week. Mr. Donlin has 
been with the show for a month past. 

It’s his first real acting role in the 
legitimate, though he has extensively 
appeared during the past couple of 
seasons in pictures. ^ 

The French theatre “du Vieux j 

Colombier” (formerly Garrick) starts J 

its second season under the direction , 
of Jacques Copeau Oct 14. The rep- 
ertory of plays in French will be . 
changed weekly. The first attraction 
will be “Le Secret,” by Henri Bern- i 
stein. It was done in English, with 
Frances Starr. Richard Herndon con- 
tinues as manager of the house. 



, the fighting pep of the U. S. Marines 
i and subsequently built up a stage ef- 
i feet, entitled “The Spirit of 1917,” 

1 which resulted in Miss Wilson receiv- 
' ing some unexpected attention from 
I the Corps stationed in New York. They 

I called at the theatre where she was 

playing last week and complimented 
her for her patriotic endeavor gnd the 
singling out of the Marines for a 
special play. 

Previous to the performances at all 
the Keith theatres the “Star Spangled 
Banner” is played by the orchestra 
and the verse of the national anthem 
flashed on the screen. At the Alham- 
bra last Friday night Manager Wayne 
noticed one of the patrons remaining 
seated and reprimanded the mani who 
refused to stand. He was taken to the 
rear of the house, where it was found 
he was a German without citizenship 
papers or a registration card. He was 
turqed over to the Government 
authorities, and is being held as an 
enemy alien. 

Laura Guerite> in South Africa for 
the past six months, has played suc- 
cessful engagements in Cape Town, 
Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg. 
While at the latter city. Miss Guerite 
produced a revue, which ran for six 
weeks, a record for Johannesburg, 
which has but a population of 100,000. 
She also produced “Very Good Eddie” 
and played the Ada Lewis part. Miss 
Guerite was then commissioned to 
write an entirely new revue which is 
now being produced. Other American 
artists, including Charlotte Perry, 
Marguerite Calvert, The Flying Mayos, 
are tremendously .popular in that coun- 
try at present. 

William Harris, Jr., opened the 
second season of “The 13th Chair” last 
night at Richmond. The Company will 
tour through the south and west. 
Blanche Hall will again be in the lead- 
ing part. Several of the old cast have 
been retained. Among the new mem- 
bers are Elizabeth Dunne, Helen Hil- 
ton, H. Nelson Dickson and Robert 
Thorne. Captain James H. Morrison, 
recently invalided home from Italy 
with a decoration presented to him by 
the king, will again be in the company, 
but this time in the leading male role. 
Captain Morrison will remain in this 
country until able to return to the 
front. 

Coincidental, but Richard Bennett 
and Joseph Plunkett are back in the 
Lyric again with the same production, 
and, strange to say, with a show that 
has a similar title to the one they ap- 
peared in at that house some years 
ago. When the Lieblers produced “The 
Deep Purple,” Bennett was one of the 
principal players and Plunkett the com- 
pany manager. At the Lyric now Ben- 
nett is the male principal of Roland 
West’s production of “The Unknown 
Purple,” while Plunkfett is company 
manager. The demand for tickets for 
the West show is such that Plunkett 
declares will keep the show in New 
York at least this season and next. i 



"Sometime,” Arthur Hammerstein’s 
new musical play, will open at ' the 
Shubert Monday, playing one addi- 
tional date at Long Branch Saturday. 
It succeeds the San Carlos Opera Com- 
pany, which fared better than ex- 
pected at the Shubert. The opera com- 
pany:,.;.ta,kes..,.t,a. ion 

in the larger cities, and will return to 
a Broadway house later in the season. 
The opera tour will include Chicago, 

Frankie Wilson, who has “The 
Mirage” in vaudeville, seized upon the 
spirit of a poster calling attention to 



Secretary of State Francis M. Hugo 
was the speaker at the premiere of the 
Yiddish version of “Potash and Perl- 
mutter” at the Lexington Sunday even- 
ing. Mr. Hugo touched upon a num- 
ber of things. After praising the pa- 
triotic spirit of the people of New 
York State and lauding the work of 
the soldiers of our State, Mr. Hugo 
particularly praised the efforts of the 
• theatrical pro-fesHou in’ wl^^^ 
done and what they are doing to help 
win the war. The production has been 
routed^ for a week at the Standard, 
following the Lexington engagement 
■with the probability that an uptown 
theatre will be found for it after that, 
around and there is no peace ih tb? 



Tho Bronx International Exposition 
is ending its first season with anything 
but a successful premiere. The grounds 
were to have closed Saturday, but the 
managers discovered that would bring 
a flock of lawsuits, since the conces- 
sionnaires’ contracts named Oct. 31 as 
the final day instead of reading “for 
the season.” There is a charge by 
some of the smaller stockholders that 
the downtown financial interests that 
backed the exposition are attempting 
to freeze them out. The exposition 
cost $2,000,000, there being a number 
of permanent buildings on the grounds 
and a large swimming pool which is 
the feature. 

Harold Thoinai, now in the British 
army in France, was formerly an 
American actor, though of British al- 
legiance. His last engagement was 
with the George Arliss company in 
JJisraeli, four years ago. Mrs. 
Thomas appeared before the Actors’ 
Equity Association and produced a let- 
ter from her husband asking whether 
he cannot become a member of the A. 
E. A., which carries with it exemption 
from payment of dues to all members 
m the American service. This was the 
first instance v/here an actor already 
in the service had applied for admis- 
sion. The A. E, A. elected Mr. Thomas 
and IS willing to do the same for all 
non-member actors now in the Service. 

Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Shea now 

wofoughly understand each other. 
They were both interested in a thea- 
tre Mr. Shea had last season in Union 
Hill, N. J. He sold it this summer. 
While running the house Mrs. May 
Shea invested $1,800 of her own money 
in it, giving that amount to her hus- 
band. She often referred to her in- 
vestment while Harry- was trying to 
get rid of the lemon, which ultimately 
cost him several thousand . dollars. 
When the house was sold, Harry made 
up his mind that as his losses had run 
so high, a few hundred more wouldn’t 
make any difference, and gave/ May 
$2,500 in payment. May Shea, since 
locating Hackensack as a Jersey 
metropolis, has developed business in- 
stincts that ofttimes surprise her hus- 
band. They book in the same office. 
When Harry turned over the twenty- 
five hundred, he forced a smile and 
said, “There you are. May. Now that 
every little thing is perfectly O. K. 
in that matter, I know where to go 
after this if I want something in a 
hurry. I must stand great with you 
and good for a quick touch any time.” 
“Yes, you do,” answered May. “Try 
and get it.” 



"Oswald” the prize hound of the Guy 
Rawson family is dispirited. The dog 
knows something is up. The something 
is that Guy Rawson and Frances Clare 
are going to close their home in Au- 
biirndale, L. I., next month. Then they 
will send “Ossie” back to the kennel. 



will send “Ossie” back to the kennel. 
But they don’t speak about it in front 
of the mutt. Mrs. Rawson has a rev- 
erent awe for the intelligence of the 
hound. She claims it knows whatever 
they are speaking of. Once, says 
Frances, and you feel sorry for her as 
she proceeds, they spoke of going to 
a picture show in Flushing and Oswald 
started to howl. Now when they want 
to see a picture show, if “Ossie” is 
around, they spell it out : “f-i-l-m.” 
But this didn’t do it, so Guy and 
Frances commenced learning French. 
No good either, as “Oswald” picked it 
up while they were practicing, asserts 
Frances, who also says that that hound 
has obliged her to believe in reincarna- 
tion. Miss Clare isn’t exactly certain 
who is represented from thq past Jn 
^ ‘‘Oswald’s’’ "present pr€^^^ 
sort of thinks it is some relative— from 
Australia. Frances has Guy believing 
it, too. Every Friday they read 
“Oswald’s” advertisement in VapietV 
to the dog. Frances is willing to affirm 
the dog knows when Friday comes 
pround and ther? js no peace in thq 



house until he hears what he has to 
say in the paper that week. It’s just 
ttirrible, that’s all. The Rawsons talk 
the “Oswald”, thing to death upon the 
road, and they threaten all who don’t 
listen to bring “Ossie” himself along 
the next time, for proof and to bite 
the disbelievers. The affection the 
dog bears for the Rawson family is 
pathetic, according to their story. 
Barring that it chases Guy off the lot 
once daily and tried to annex Frances’ 
father’s feet . the other day "Oswald” 
is a peaceful hound, if givelf plenty to 
eat and left alone. Guy admits that 
much. But Frances says the dog is al- 
ways thinking of the 10.40 p. m. train 
from New York, which the Rawsons 
catch when working around the city. 
The train was late the other night, 
says Frances, and "Ossie” jumped on a 
chair near the phone, waiting for it to 
ring to let him know why Tiis family 
■hadn’t returned. And fight I Well, that’s 
where Miss Clare shines while vividly 
discoursing upon the good traits 'pi 
her animal king. "Oswald” has never 
been whipped and he will tackle any- 
thing that walks. The Rawsons agree 
upon that. It did happen one day this 
summer that a Belgian police dog 
hopped, in near the Rawson home. 
“Ossie” saw him and disputed owner- 
ship. They fought for 30 minutes, five 
minutes at a time with one minute 
rests. "Oswald,” following the battle 
limped in the house, crawled under the 
kitchen stove_ and after two days 
wagged his tail for the first time. A 
week after that “Ossie” could sit up 
and a month or so later was able to 
recognize the family. Now he’s all 
right again, but Frances says he wasn’t 
whipped, for the Belgian has never 
been seen since. The Rawsons’ worry 
now is how they are going to get /out 
of Auburndale without “Oswald” know- 
ing it and what "Ossie” is going to do 
when told he must go back to the ken- 
3 

PUT “FOUR ON THE BUM.” 



The following letter was received 
by Joe Cooper, who is associated with 
his brother, Irving Cooper, in the lat- 
ter’s agency. 

The ^writer, Harry Schieber (called 
“Bennie”) has been reported decorated 
for distinguished service since the date 
of his letter. Schieber was in the 
Cooper agency before enlisting. He 
was 20 years old when entering the 
service : . 

France, Aug. 27, 1918. 

Dear Joe : 

Received your letter dated July 12 
and sure was glad to hear from you. 

The letter was handed to me only 
yesterday. Just got out of the 
trenches. It’s pretty tough to get the 
mail up to you in the line and we had 
to v/ait until we got out. That German 
dog shells the roads and it’s no cinch 
trying to dodge them “whiz-bangs,” as 
we call them. 

I am getting along fine. Lost a few 
pounds in this last trip of mine into 
the line. It was tough, but am out 
for a rest now, so will take that lost 
weight On again. 

In your letter you say that should 
I meet any German acrobats to give 
them bullet kisses for you. Well ! did,', 
but I don’t know whether they were 
acrobats. One thing I do know is that 
as far as they are concerned the war 
is over. I put four on the bum at one 
clip. They came over, but never will 
go back. A bomb and my trusty pis- 
tol did it. One guy tried to get me 
as I was helping a wounded man back. 
There was ope cure for him. He got 
it. I managed to get behind a tree and 
aimed my gun. Bang — it went as true 
,as am ari;Q^ He. .fell. Jike,..a .Jog..,, It’s^, 
great fun potting those Germans. Our 
boys here are knocking hell out of ’em. 

Will close now with my best re- 
gards to you, your brothers and Miss 
Ginsburg from i' 

(My address is the same, viz.. Corp. 
Harry Schieber, Co. L, 3Q8 Inf., A. E. F., 
France.) 




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BUY BO N D 



WITH THE MUSIC MEN. 

Billy Tracy la back With tbe Douglaa-New- 
man Music Company. 

Sid Mitchell Joined the Leo Feist staff. He’a 
a lyricist., 

Jack Mills, professional manager of Mc- 
Carthy ft Fisher, has an attack of tonsllltla. 

William Caeser has rejoined the Wltmark & 
Sons staff. . 

Jesse Felber Is now on the professional 
staff of McCarthy and Fisher. 

Walter Douglas Is the new general man- 
ager of the Doiiglas-Newmau Music company. 

Ted Snyder has gone away for a short trip 
to visit some of the branches In the east of 
the Waterson, Berlin & Snyder. ^ . 

Will J. Lewis, former manager of jhe 
W. Stern offices. Is now connected with the 
witmark & . Sons’ offices, 

Charles MoCarron and Carey Morgan, the 
song writers, are writing the words and 
music for Bessie C layton’s new act. 

Harry Tierney and Joe M^wthy l^o 
framed a vaudeville turn. Alf T. Wilton will 
secure bookings for It. 

Moe Klee, now on the ^w time, la 
to make Eemlok’s "Your Boy 
Liberty • Loan propaganda song In his turn 
during the Drive. ■ 

Jack Christmas, singing at the Casino and 
other places In Asbury Park, has retunied^to 
New Y^ork and joined the Wltmark & Sons 
forcea 

j. Fred Coots Is general 
McKinley Music Co., 

Sherwood, who has Joined tte Navy. Coots 
Is said to be a me mber o f the firm. 

Bobby Jones Is the new professional man- 
ager of the A. J. Stasny Music Company, 
He was professional manager of the Boston 
office of Remlck for the past five years. 

The latest song writers to go on the stw 
are Egbert Van Alstyne, Harry 
Hrown? J. Kelrn Brennan, Irving Bochner, 

Con Conrad. , 

Bill Lavar (Howard & Lavar, music pub- 
lishers), is In town after a long tour. Lavar 
has written a number of hits himself, and at 
Ume was famed as a great soft-shoe, 
dancer In vaudeville^ 

In three weeks McCarthy & 
accumulated on their song writing staff ^^ed 
Bryan, Harry Carroll, Jeff 
Monaco, Harry Tierney, Leo Edwards, Billy 
Baskette and Bobby Heath. 

Halsey K. Mohr has not joined the etaff of 
the Joe Morris Company, 

informed a Variety representative he expected 
Mr. Sr to join. Hohr to date remains with 
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. 

The departure of Al. Maase, profesMo^l 
manager of the McKinley Music Co., to C^p 
Jackson, Ga., has raised two McKinley men 
UP a niche. Jack Holler Is now professional 
' manager and Frank Paper assistant profes- 
Blonal manager, te mporar ily. 

Bob Roden, the lyricist, formerly the son^ 
writing partner of Theodore Morse, ts now 
wJltlng for Havlland. His first number for 
Havlland Is a Red Cross song, with music by 
Peter do Rose. ■ • 

The controversy between George Falrman 
and Remlck threatens to *>«®®“® ih^ 

affair. Falrman claims the new Reml* Lib- 
erty Bond song, "For Your Boy and My Boy 
is an Infringement upon his own number. To 
Your Boy and My Boy." 

Leo Feist has entered the musical wmeiy 
publishing field by obtaining the publishing 
rights to the new English musical comedy, 
"The Maid of the Mountains,” now at the 
Casino. The show has a hit, with mu^c ^ 
Lieut. Gltz-Rlce and Fraser-Slmpson, Harry 
Graham wrote the lyrics. 

Next week Is "George M. Cohan week’’ 
throughout the United States, nmd® ®® 
Wltmark & Sons. He has promlse^o doMte 
all the royalty obtained from ^en You 
Come Back” to the boys In the Service, Hun- 
dreds of theatres have been supplied with 
slides and orchestrations of the song to ex- 
ploit It for the week^ 

Salabert. the French music publisher, has 
purchased the French right for "WhM Yankee 
Doodle Learns to Parlez V^pus Franoals, 
from A. J. Stasny, the publisher, and will 
publish a French version of Eddie Nelron s 
Boftg" h1t', 'lntraduclng- it In PaslSr shortly:.’ 

Is not the first time the French translation of 
an American song has been Introduced to the 
French public. "Over There” and Pack Up 
Your Troubles” were sung In Prance with 
great success. 

Regarding the announcement In last week’s 
papers by the McCarthy and Fisher manage- 
ment, saying they had acquired the exclusive 
services of Harry Carroll, the song writer, 
Louis Pordan, professional manager of Sha- 
piro, pemstein & 0o„ wU^ VSoffi 



has been connected for a number of years, 
says he knows nothing of such a change. 
While Mr. Carroll never had a written agree- 
ment with S. B. & Co., be was looked upon as 
connected with that firm. Carroll is now 
doing a single in vaudeville. 

One of the striking features of the song 
Industry this season Is the sudden return of 
the Illustrated slide, so popular in-,, all the 
film houses five or six years ago. Every large 
publisher in the city has revived this method 
of song publicity. Great numbers of illus- 
trated slides have been ordered. Countless 
new singers have been taken on by the vari- 
ous houses to "plug" the moving picture 
bouses. In, connection with this an entire 
new industry .has sprung up again, that of 
making Illustrated slides. Although in the 
past few yeaf B slides have been made there 
was no boom-ln the field such as the present 
one. 



THE AMERICAN ON LEAVE. 

(Continued from page 9.) 
a quiet evening, and it can be such 
if you desire, for there are free movies 
which do hot date back to the time 
Pathe and Edison were marveling at 
the pretentiousness of the 500-foot 
features. ' 

Then there is the theatre, which has 
a program of various natures every 
evening. Certain nights have opera 
and comedy in French and two nights 
a week there is vaudeville, also very 
much French, although' a good portion 
of the turns utter a few words of 
English. 

Nevertheless the soldiers flock to the 
vaudeville shows, which bring forth 
more uniforms than the other brands 
of entertainment. 

The elite of France still cling to Aix 
as a summer resort, and largely help 
to support the theatre owing to its 
greater appeal to the Frenchman than 
to the American soldier. It must be 
said here that this is the place where 
the Over There Theatre League can 
get in' it's best work.’ It is known that 
the men in camp must be entertained, 
but it is self-evident they want Ameri- 
can vaudeville when on leave. 

It is to be hoped . that within the 
near future it will be possible to have 
an American unit of the O. T. T. L. in 
Aix every week. "We hear the “Yankee 
Doodle Five,” with Billy Gould, Louise 
Carlyle, Gilly Gregory and Wright and 
Dietrich, as well as the Mffrgaret Mayo 
unit, are already in France. That 
speaks for itself. The project is 
started and the boys have heard of 
their coming, and now it is just a case 
of wait until they get around to where 
you are. 

Some didn’t see Elsie Janis. They 
were unfortunate and missed a lot. 
They may have better luck this time 
with the new vaudevillians, who are 
giving their services and doing work 
that has a far-reaching effect. These, 
newcomers have been seen by few as 
yet, but their presence will be welcome 
where ere they go hod their efforts 
appreciated greater than ever before. 

The American soldier has been wait- 
ing a long while for entertainment 
while in training over here, and after 
the first taste of it, furnished by Miss 
Janis, there was a big lapse, but they 
think that from now on it will come 
regularly and often. 

The American artist who is willing 
to come to France at this season of 
the year and sacrifice a" route to help 
entertain the men of the A. E. F. will 
not be forgotten, and popularity firmly 
established at a time like this will live 
forever. The soldier’s greatest bene- 
factor is the person who helps enter- 
tain him and help take away that feel- 
ing of lonesomeness, which can only 
be done by the right kind of diversion. 

Although “Watchful Waiting” has 
long passed by the boards in the con- 
nection; with -whirh,. 
it typifies the A. E. F. of today as far 
as entertainment is concerned. Come 
and visit Aix and entertairi the boys 
who are fortunate enough to be away 
on leave, also take a swing around the 
Y. M. C. A. circuit. It will be some- 
thing you won’t forget, and the finan- 
. cial sacrifice is trivial conipqre4 to the 
good it will do. 



U. B. 0. CAMP BILL. 

W. J. Sullivan, head of the Canton- 
ment Department of the U. B. O., has 
booked a six-act vaudeville bill for a 
tour of the army camps. Lester and 
Vincent, Little Jerry, The Parshleys, 
Corinne Tilton, Miller and Bradford, 
and Belgium Trio make up the' bill. 

The show plays Camp Greene, N. C, 
Sept. 27-29; Camp Sevier, S. C, and 
Camp Gordon, Ga., will be three-day 
stand each, . after which Camp 
Wheeler, Gk., will be played Oct. 6-9. 
Three-day stands at Camp Hancock, 
'Ga., and . Wadsworth, S. C, will con- 
clude a three weeks’ engagement. 

AN M. P, IN FRANCE. 

(Continued from page 9.) 
regulations and also being over here 
and knowing that the Heinies spy sys- 
tern is very efficient, I do not intend 
to lengthen my visit by disclosing in- 
formatioq that might be useful to the 
colleagues and gum shoe men of the 
self-appointed partner of the Al- 
mighty. 

.Nevertheless I guess I can .tell you 
that where I am sitting is a donkey 
engine, pulling down an observation 
balloon which has boen tip nearly all 
day. The Heinies have fired at it 
several times but did not hit it. I sleep 
outs are great things. Every tinie a 
in a dugout w^H my “Buddy.” Dug- 

big gun sends a souvenir over to 
“Jerry,” the aforesaid dugout acclaims 
its approval by shaking its sides and 
depositing no small part of its rough 
sides upon us. I might also tell you 
that I discovered and disposed of a 
family of parasites which are called 
“cooties.” They are very friendly, I 
might say “affectionate” at night, and 
they stick to you like a friend who is 
b th hungry and broke. 

I received fifteen letters in this 
mail, which is not so bad. All of the 
other fellows are jealous of me. It 
is a shame how some of the folks at 
home neglect their boys at the front. 

We have a lot of fellows who do not 
receive any mail at all and believe me 
I sympathize with them. If the folks 
back home only realized how much a 
letter means to a fellow in the fighting 
front, they would write every day. ^ 
Can you imagine soime of our fel- 
lows who have been here nearly a year - 
have not received one letetr from 
home or from their friends. I did 
three hours guard duty last night and 
drew a prize — from nine to twelve. It 
started to rain at nine and stopped 
at twelve. It looked as though, the 
weather man, whoever he is, made up 
his mind to make it as miserable as 
possible for me. Last week while 
doing M. P. duty, my career came very 
near being ended. I saw something 
that looked suspicious to me and 
walked over to investigate and I did 
not move mor^ than about twenty 
■ yards when a shell exploded just where 
I had previously been standing. There- 
fore, if you see my name under “Killed 
in Action,” you will know what "killed 
in action” means. It will mean that 

I was running like H . I may be 

a little stupid, but it doesn’t take long 
to dope out that when a shell bursts, 
and with a pair of legs that I can 
depend upon, I can easily get under 
cover before the second shell bursts, 
that is provided the second shell does 
not burst before I get under coyer. 
The M. P.’s over here are becoming 
known as the "Shell dodgers.” The 
M. P. to a certain extent is exposed 
to fire and consequently he has to be 
on the jump all the time. There is a 
, ,jQke,,go.ing. ,around.^^,^J^^^ 

I will tell you. 

“A newspaper correspondent went 
into the General's office and the M. P. 
on guard saluted him, the correspond- 
ent returning the salute. As the corre- 
spondent left the General's office, the 
M. P., noticing that he was a newspa- 
per man and not an officer, spoke thus- 
ly; 



“M. P.— ‘Why did you return my sa- 
lute?’ 

‘'Correspondent— 'Why did you sa- 
lute me?’ 

“M, P,— ‘Because I thought you, were 
an officer.’ 

“Correspondent— ‘Well I thought you 
were a soldier.’” 

Just as I am finishing this letter 
the Heinies are beginning to shell us. 

I am writing this in a dugout and out- 
side a hundred shells are bursting right 
now, but very few of them do any 
great amount of damage. 

Some day I may “join the Army.” 
Yours as ever, 

Lewis Mosley. 

Company A, 102nd M. P., A. E. F., 
France. . 

LETTERS FROM ENTERTAINERS. 

(Continued from page 9.) 
tainers can be of tremendous assist- 
ance to the physicians and nurses in 
the hospitals, because after her ap- 
pearance in a hospital all the boys 
wanted, to get right out of bed and go 
back after the Boche. 

“I am hard at work,” she writes, 
“singing every night, and love every 
minute of it. The boys appear to enjoy 
m,e as much as I enjoy them, and 
always say ‘Gh, please don’t go yet. 
Have a heart I Sing just one more.’ 
And of course I sing until there isn’t 
a note left in my voice. I am going 
to be down in this section quite a 
while. Next week I am to give a 
recital in the Municipal theatre at 

- and the officers and soldiers of 

the allied armies. It is the second of 
a series of Franco-Amenican concerts 
here. Quite ah honor, I am assured. 

“The people have been so wonderful 
and cannot do enough. I sing every- 
thing for the soldiers; incidentally we 
get up very lively conversations and 
they love it. They are so enthusiastic 
and so human. It is so big and mar- 
velous that I feel awed, and wish I 
could stay until the drop of the hat. 

“I have sung in motor camps, huts, 
bakeries, hospitals and even at the 
bedsides of the boys, one at a time, 
everything from grand opera to ‘Tickle 
Toe.’ I even dance a little. Such a 
spirit. They want to get right out 
of bed and go back at the Boche, ‘We 
won’t go back ’till it’s oyer, over here/ 
is the entire sentiment. 

“Try to persuade a Jot more people 
to come oyer, especially girls. The 
day we arrived in - some Amer- 

icans ran out of a shop crying, 
'American girls 1 Geel those Ameri- 
can girls look good to usl’’’ 

Margaret Mayo says:— “We are in 
action now for fair, and up where it is 
worth while being. Our show goes 
splendidly apd it is so good to be really 
working. Do urge upon the profession 
the necessity of this work, and tell 
them of the great joy it brings to the 
people who are doing it. It is worth 
all the struggle to get here and see 
how the boys relax as the show goes 
on, and how much happier and freer 
they seem when we leave them. The 
conditions under which we play vary 
so much that there’s no danger of 
monotony. For instance, we jumped 
from a 2,500 audience in the Tuileries 
Gardens, Paris, to a handful of tired 
men many miles away working on a 
barge canal and finishing a temporary 
platform for us when we arrived. ‘Our 
next move was right into the heart 
of military things, good stage and even 
footlights, and last night we were in a 
gas school camp and had refreshments 
■■ ■aftemaHls in- ■ - w • an , 

iron-clad hogshead.” 

In making public the foregoing let- 
ters, James Forbes, Chairman of the 
Program Committee of the Theatre 
League, repeated his appeal for vol- 
unteers to go overseas in the unifortl) 
of the Y. M. C. A. 



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BILLS NEXT WEEK (SEPTEMBER 30) 



2d half 

"Flrealde Revsrls'* 
(One to fill) 



In Vaudeville Theatre* 



Amaterdanit N. Y. 

LYCEUM (ubo) 
2d half 



(All houses open for the week with Monday nintlnce, when not otherwise Indicated.) „ , , 

Agencies booking the houses are noted by single nninn or initials, such os “Orph,” Orpheum „? Manikins 

Circuit; “U B 0,” United Booking Offices ; “W V M A,” Western Vaudeville Managers* Asso- 



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elation (Chicago); ‘T,” Pantages Circuit; “JLoew,** Marcus Loew Circuit; “Moss/* B. S* Moss; Girard Co 



“Inter,” Interstate Circuit (booking tlirough W. V. M. A.); **Sun,** Sun Circuit; “A H/* Acker* 



man & Harris (San Francisco) ; “P H,” Pantages and Hodklns (Chicago). 

Theatres listed as "Orpheum** without any further distinguishing description ore on the 
Orpheum Circuit. 



Anniston, Ala. 

LYRIO (ubo) 
(Montgomery split) 
1st halt 



The manner in which these bills are printed does not indicate the relative importance of Aerial Mitchells 



acts nor their program positions. 

• before name indicates act Is new, doing turn new to vaudeville, or appearing in city 
where listed for the first time. 



New York 

PALACE (ubo) 
Blanche Ring 
Luollle Cavanagb Co 
Avon Comedy 4 
The Langdona 
Clark & Verdi 
Cronin’s Novelty 
The Oladiators 
(One to fill) 
ALHAMBRA (ubo) 
McIntyre & Heatb 
•'■Maid of Prance” 
Jimmie Lucas Co 
Rae Elinore Ball 
Oonnelll ft Craven 
*QrenIee ft Williams 
Miss Merle Co 
COLONIAL (ubo) 
"American Ace" 
Williams ft WoltUB 
Juliet 

Walter Weems 
Beaumont ft Arnold ' 
Emba ft Alton ''' 
Obinko A Kauffman 
RIVERSIDE (Uho) 
V Suratt Co 
Harry CarroU 



Avon Comedy 4 
Dooley A Safes 



Calvin ft Thornton 
"Big Surprise” 

*Qeo Primrose 
(One to fill) 
LINCOLN (loew) 
*Lowe ft Baker Sis 
Thompson ft Berrl 
Maxwell Quintet 
A1 Carpe 
(One to fill) 

2d half 

Edab Deldrldge 8 
Adele Oswald 
*Harry Mason Oo 
Hawthorne A Anthony 
((Tne to fill) 
QREELBT (loew). 
Robert Swann 
Calvin ft Thornton 
"Lots A Lots” 
Edmunds A Leedom 
Anna Chandler 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Melva Slaters 
Phil Davis 
"Don’t Lie Mama” 
Anna' Chandler 
Mumtord A Thompson 
DBLANCBT (loew) 
Delmore A Moore 



FRED HILLEBRAND 



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Vespo Duo 
"Night In June" 
Stagpoole A Spire 
Cheyenne Mlnetrels 
Atlanta, Gn. 
LYRIC (Ubo) 
(Birmingham split) 
1st halt 
’etorson Bros 



8TONB (ubo) 
Wiki bii'u 
Qranvllle A Mack 
(One to fill) 

2d halt 

MoNally A Ashton 
Soldier Ben Hilbert 
Holmes A Hollister 
BIJOU (loew) 
Mack ft West 
Jim Doherty 
"Telephone Tangle", 
DeVoe A Dayton 
Wolgas A Olrlte 

2d half - 
Two Lillies 
Mack A Lee 
Stoddard A Haynes 
Hibbltt A Malle 
The Van Cellos 
Bloomlngrton, lU. 
MAJESTIC (wva) 
King A Brown- 
Langdon ft Smith 



r?™ J’»eld’_8 Mins 



Dooley ft Safes , , 

Lee A Cranston^ Mumfnrd A Thon 

Diane A Rnblnl ^ - 

•Julian Hall a 

Gen . Pisano Co cl^ Ser Co * 

ROYAL (uho) (Two to fill) 

•"Birds of Feathers" ■ 2d half 

Morley ft McQarthy Sis Beth Oballiss 
•Sliding Billy Watson Holden A Herron 
•.lean Southern Chas Mack Co 

•Kalmar ft Brown .. wilklns A Wllkit 



Jack 'Mariey 
Gold Reece A Edwards 
Brooklyn 
ORPHEUM (ubo) 
Eddie Leonard Co 
4 Mortons 
Clara Morton 
Morton A Glass. 
Whiting A Burt 
Lynn Cowan 
"Current of Pun" 

The Brightens 
BUSHWICK (Ubo) 
Helen Ware 
Herbert Clifton 



Mumford A 'Thompson Lillian Herlein 



Cbas Mack Co 
Wilkins A Wilkins 



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•R Cummings A Girlie gtrassell’s Animals 



OHfton Crawford, 
•Marmlen Bisters 
H 0 H (ubo) 

2d half (20-29) 
El CntB 

Walton ft Brandt 
Beoste Remple Co 
Murray Bennett 
Reed A Wright Girls 
Olson A Johnson 
125TH ST (ubo) 
2d bnlf (20-29) 
Forrest ft Church 
Frank Callan 
Brady A Mahoney 
•“Tick Took Girls" 
KRTH ST (uho) 
Trennell Duo 
•Stuart A Thompson 
•Lucille Tja Costa Co 
Pennington A Scott 



•Williams ft Mitchell Milan! B 



(One to fill) 
NATIONAL (loew) 
Maxon A Morris 
Nada Peters 
Archer ft Belford 
Zuhn ft Drels 
MllanI 6 

2d halt 
Elvera Sisters 
Dorothy Roye 
Jos B Bernard Co 
Edmunds A Leedom 
BOULEVARD (loew) 
Geo ft Lily Garden 
Beth Ohalllss 
"Big Surprise" 
Wilson Bros 
2d halt 
M ft J Dove 
Zuhn ft Drels 



"Somewhere with 
Pershing" 

W Ward A Olrls 
Bowers W ft 0 
Kerr A Weston 
Athos A Reed 
GRBBNPOINT (ubo) 
2d halt (20-20) 
•Berg Cbrisman 
•Boyle A Bryan 
•Marie Donoghue 
Ed Averling 
Tennessee 10 
PROSPECT (ubo) 

2d half (20-29) 
Oanelno A Valda . 
•Boyle A Bryan 
Billy Watson Co 
Wllflams ft Wolfus 
Kranz A LaSalle , 
Werner Amoros 3 
1st half (30-2) 
"Tick Took Girls” 

Tom Kelly 
"Rising Generation" 



Karl Emmy’s Feta 
Capt Barnett A Son 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Robert Swann 
•Thompson A Berrl 
Stetson A Huber 
The Frescotts 
Cook A Lorens 
Ara Sisters 

PULTON (loew) 
Lorlmer Hudson Co 
Adele Oswald 
•'■Klsaes” 

Edah Deldrldge S 
2d h^f 

•Sherman Kelly 
Lewis A Leonia 
Millard A Marlin 
Wilson Bros 
Qeo A Lily Garden 
WARWICK (loew) 
Breakaway Barlows 
Seymour A Seymour 
Grace St Clair Co 
Wm Sieto 

Marlotte’s Manikins 
2d half 

Arthur Sullivan Co 
Mel Klee 



3am Lelber Co 
Lazar A Dale 
Regay A Lorraine Sis 
GRAND (loew) 
Two Lillies 
Mack A Lee 
Stoddard A Haynes 
•Hibbltt A Malle 
The Van Cellos 
2d half 

Lawrence A Johnson 

3 Weston Sisters 
Francis A DeMar 
•Tierney A Sabbott 
(One to fill) 

Anbara, N. Y. 
JEFFERSON (ubo) 
Coleman’s Manikins 
Holmes A Hollister 
Nippon Duo 
*'Love~Parm** 

2d half 

Paramo 

Olotbe Miller Co 
Ford A Cun’ham Sis 

4 Fujiyama Japs 
Angrasto, Ga. 
GRAND (Ubo) 
(Macon split) 

1st bait 
Jordan Girls 
Countess Verona 
Whittle 

Kenny A Hollis 
Richards 

MODJESKA (loew) 
Lawrence Johnson 
3 Weston Slaters 
Francis A DeMar 
•Tierney A Sabbott 



Gold Reese ft Edwards (One to fill) 



(Two to fill) 
FLATfiUSH (moss) 



2d half 

•Marlow StsterS 



Gold Reece A Awards •Dan Abeam 



Arthur Lloyd 



Mr ft Mrs O’CIalr 



"On the Western Pr” Stone ft McAvoy 



Emma Stevens 
Barron ft Burt 
Cavana Duo 

2d half 
The Dartos 




Nell McKinley Co 
•7 Glasgow Maids 
2d half 

•Serg M W DuPree 
Chas Edwards 3 
Bnzzelle ft Parker 
,Tnbn T Boyle Co 
Olson ft .Tohnson 
Marguerite ft Qlll 
(One to fill) 

BTH AVB (ubo) 
belf (20-29) 
•D Snuthem 3 
Puzzell ft Parker 
•Ed Lee Wrotbe Co 
Hariy Antrim 
Path Roye 
Ziegler Sis Co 
(One to Oil) 

1st half (30-2) 
Robert Swan 
•Pelle Sisters 
Gallarinl A Son 
Leroy Talma A B 
(Others to Oil) 

2.3D ST (ubo) 

/ 2d bnlf (20-29) 
Fcmandey A May 
HAS Everett 
•Spink ft Tate 
Ed Avellng 
Jazzinnd Follies 
(Others to fill) 
AMERICAN (loew) 
Melva Sisters 
Stetson ft Huber 
A1 Burton’s Revue 
Wilkins ft Wilkins 
•George Primrose 
"Don’t, Lie Mamma" 
Ward A Thornton 
(Two to flin ^ 

2d baft 

Maxon ft Morris 
Eckboff ft Gordon 
Allen ft Francis 
Karl Emmy’s Pets 
•Lowffl-fr-Bttfccr-Sls"--- 
•“KlBseB” 

George Rosner 
(Two to fill) 
VICTORIA (loew) 
Dorothy Roye 
Allen ft Francis 
Job B Bernard Co 
Pbll Davis 
Ara Sisters 

2d half 

DIngloy ft Norton 



(One to fill) 

AVB B (loew) 
Kimball ft Kenneth 
Mae Curtis Co 
Mel Klee 
(One to Oil) 

2d half 

Breakaway Barlows 
Brown Sisters 
Billy K Saxton Co 
Geo Jessell 
Marlotte’s Mannikins 
HAMILTON (moss) 
Three YoBcarrys 
Padula A De Nolr 
"Sllverthreada" 

Geo Jessell 
Munroe ft McGulm 
The Golden Bird 
2d half 
Pero A Wilson 
Briggs A Nelson 
"Mrs Retter Appears” 
Long ft Ward 
Barron A Burt 
. (One to fill) 
JEFFERSON (mose) 
The Telacks 
Fagg ft White 
Saxon ft Farrell Co 
Three Mlsflte 
Violets 

Schoen A Walton 
"In Wrong” 

Briggs ft Nelson 
SIg Franz Tr 
2d half 
Cavana Duo 
Jesson ft JesBon 
"In Wrong” 

Emma Stevens 
Fred Lorraine Co 
Geo Jessell 
Stevens ft Lovejoy 
Ward A Thornton 
Sabo Trio 



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2d half (3-0) 

D Southern 3 
Frazer Finlay Co 
Ruthe Roy 
AI Everling 
Leroy Talma ft B 
Dunham ft Edwards 
METROPOLITAN 
(loew) 

Strassell’s Animals 
Exposition 4 
Holden ft Herron . 
Chas Mach Co 
Cook ft Lorenz 
(One to fill) 

2d half 

AI Burton’s Revue 
Archer ft Belford 
•Carl McCullough 
•Fashions a la Carte 
(One to fill) 

DE KALB (loew) 
Elvera Sisters 
Lewis ft Leonia 
Millard ft Marlla 
•Harry Mason Co 
Geo Rosner 

2d half 

Chester Johnson Co 
Nada Peters 
AI Carpe 
"Lote ft Lots" 

Capt Barnett ft Son 
PALACE (loew) 
Louise ft Mitchell 
Mohr ft Fields 
Billy K Saxton Co 
Gold Reese A E 
2d half 

Seymour ft Seymour 
•Martini ft Conrad 
Wm SIsto 

Lorlmer Hudson Co 



Frank Clifford 
The Grouch 
Two Cooleys 
The Golden Bird 
Welch Mealy A M 
PROSPECT (moss) 
Wood ft Norwood 
Nat Nazarro Jr 
Two Cooleys 
welling Trio 
2d half 
Three Toscarys 
Padula A De Nolr 
Arthur Lloyd 
'Un the Tronohes” 



Albany, N. Y. 

DOCTOR’S (Ubo) 
Adlon Co 

Harvey Do Vora 3 



•3 Alex 

Bnkentfleld - 

HIP (a&h) 

^ (29-30) 

Peat ft Stevens 
Roxanna 

(2-3) 

Gehan A Gehan 
Joe Barton 
J a I MaWln 
(4-0) 

Carrol! Keating ft P 
Bessie Welsh 

Balttmore, Md. 
MARYLAND (Ubo) 
Robbie Gerdone 
Wlete White 
Prances Nordstrom Co 
Boyce Coombs ' 
Snnble Tucker Co 
Dooley ft Rugel 
Bob Hsll 
AsabI ’’’roune 
HIP (loew) 
Saasnne ft DeLla 
.Terome ft Marlon 
Great Howard 
Tom Davies Co 
•Neville ft Brock 
GARDEN (moes) 
Mykoff ft Vanity 
Htieb Blaney 
"Rocky Pass" 

Walters ft Daniels 



Mr ft Mrs H Emmett J 

Kharaum Battle Creek, Mich. 



M ft J Dove 
Eckboff ft Gordon 



- REGENT^ 

Romalne ORPHEUM (loew) 

Mack a Reading •Sherman Kelly 

The Grouch M ft J Dove 

Long ft Ward EcVboff ft Oon 

Prank Clifford 
Welch Mealy ft M 

TheTeli^ckr E. HEMM 

Schoen ft Walton Jewelc 

"Sllverthreade" LIBERTV BONI 

Frankie Fay ft Boys 



Bert Baker Co- 
Burns ft Frablto 
J Singer A Dolls 
2d half 
McRae ft Clegg 
McLoughlln ft Evans 
Greene A Parker 
Clayton Macklln Co 
Eddie Borden Co 
Stella Mayhew 
Allentown, Pa. 
ORPHEUM (uho) 
The Alvarados 
Barker ft Wynn ' 
Adrian 
Ball Bros 
(One to fill) 

2d half 

Carleton ft Montrose 
Wolf ft Stewart 
Harris ft Morey 

Alton, ni. 

HIP (-wya) 
"Cycle of Mirth” 

(One to Oil) 



BIJOU (uho) 
"Vanity Fair” 

2d half . 



"Hearts of World" g O’OoTman Olris 



Tfllm) 

Bay City, Mich, 

BIJOU (Uho) 
.Adonta ft Dog ' 

Harris ft Nolan 
•"Hit the TraU" 
Alice Hamilton 
College Outntet 
2d half 

(Same as Flint 1st 
half) 

BellvIIIe, Bl. 



S l.oval A Partner 
Prnsfieer ft Maret 
Gallnrber ft Rooley 
PANTAGES (p) 
Great Leon 
King ft Harvey 
Morse Moon Co 
MdSbane ft Hathaway 
Juggling Nelson 
Camden. N. J. 



TOWERS (Ubo) 
2dba1f (20-28) 



WASHINGTON (wva) Tbnraai Trio 
Juggling Desitsle Goetz ft 'Duffy 
Clonrad ft Goodwin .Tolly wild ft D 
Hoyt’s Minstrels Burns ft Klssen 

2d,,half , Venetian Gypsies 

James Cullen ‘ Cnhten, 6. 

Ferguson A Sunderland LYCEUM (ub( 

(One to fill) Quinn ft De Rex 

BlrmlnRham, Ain. Mills & Moulton 
LYRlC (ubo) Rice ft Werner 



E.HEMMENDINGER 

Jewelers to the Profession 

LIBERTV BONDS ACCEPTED Td. John 871 



(Atlanta split) 
1st half 

Leila Selbtnl Co 
Nevlns ft Mayo 
"Planovllle” 

Datzel A Carroll 



LYCEUM (ubo) 
Quinn A De Rex 
Mills ft Moulton 
Rice ft Werner 
Henri Handler jCo 
Billy McDermott 
4 Morok Sis 
Cedar Hnplds, ta. 



MAJESTIC (wvn) 
Goldie A MAck 



Scotch Lads ft Lassies Hughes Musical Duo 






LaTour ft Gold 
Saramoff ft Sonia 
, 2d half 
Johnson ft Baker 
Knapp A Cornalla 
Pereira Sextet • 

(Two to fill) 

Booton 

KEITH’S (ubo) 
Nan Halperln 
B Seeley Co 
Orth A Cody 
Barr Twins 
Wheeler ft Moran 
Rehm ft Fitch 
Asakt ft TakI 
Olda Mushka Co 
ORPHEUM (loew) 
Parlso _ 

•Bernard Trio 
Brown ft Barrows 
Geo Randall Co 
Anderson ft Gotnes 
Degnon ft Clifton 
, 2d half 
Alfred Farrell ft Co 
McDonald ft Cleveland 
Sallle Bnrch 
"Any Couple” 

Joe Cook 
OInllanI Quartet 
Brldncport, Conn. 
POLI’S (ubo) 
Musical Fredericks 
Brown Campbell A L 
Frazer Finley Oo 
Ward ft Pryor 
Shannon ft Annls 
2d half 

Hector 
King Sisters 
Gray £ Byron 
Burns ft Klssen 
McKav’e Review 
PLAZA (ubo) 
Sultan 

Wood ft Wyde 
Gerome ft Allbrlght 
"Girl In Air" 

2d half 
Canarls ft Cleo 
Marie Gardiner 
Momiot) Fnur 
Scamp ft Seamp 
BnATnlo 
SHEA’S (uho) 
Klnter ft Oulnn 
Parsons ft Trwln 
M Allen ft Sis 
Port Swor 
"For Pitv’a Rake” 
Dnilv Connolly 
Montgomorv ft Periy 
OLVMPTG (sun) 
Aldipe ft Wrlobt 
Lsnnlgan^ft Woods 
"Wlss Amorlca" 

(Two to flin 

Bntt**, Mont. 
PANTAGES (p) ' 
(28-1) 

(Same bill nlayin? 
Anaconda 2; Missoula 
8) 

"The Love Race" 

J T Rav Co 
3 Pullowa Girts 
Green ft Pugh 
Helen Morrettl 
Jack LaVler 

Caleary 
ORPHEUM 
Walter C Kelly 
"Merrled Via Wire” 
Dlcklnaon ft Deagon 



Leigh DeLacey Co 
Glenn ft Jenkins 
Tates Motoring 
(One to fill) 

2d half 

Nadge 

Haddon ft Norman 
Swor ft Avery 
Jonla’a Hawallans 
Chas Konna 
Frear Baggott ft F 
Champaign, 111. 
ORPHEUM (wva) , 
(Sunday opening) 
Johnson ft Baker 
Wilson ft Van 
Farmerette 
Marino ft Maley 
Diamond ft Daughter 
2d half 

Juggling Deellsle 
Ouerro ft Carmen 
"Cycle of Mirth" v 
Jean Barriora 
Black ft White 
Oharleaton, s. 0. 
ACADEMY (ubo) 
(Columbia split) 

1st half 
Bloknell 
Biff Bang 8 
The Dohertys 
Lew Hawkins 
Martin ft Bayes 
Charlotte, N. O. 
ACADEMY (ubo) 
(Roanoke split) 

1st half 

Catherine Powell 
Clark ft Budd 
Mr ft Mrs Melbourn 
Prank Crumltt 
Henry’s Pets 
Ohattnnoogni, Tenn. 
RIALTO (ubo) 
(Knoxville split) . 
1st half 

McCormack ft Wln- 
chell 

Middleton ft Spell- 
meyer 

8 Serenaders 
"All for Ladles’’ 

(One to fill) 

Chicago 

MAJESTIC (orph) 
Phyllis N Terry 
Andrew Mack 
•Frank Conroy 
Frankte Heath Co 
Eddie Carr Co 
Teachow’a Cats 
Leon Sisters 
(One to fill) 

PALACE (orph) 
•Peon Brroll Co 
Lillian Shaw 
Rose ft Bernard 
Dooley ft Nelson 



Conley ft Webb 
Maude Earl Co 
Kelly ft Calvin 
Rlgoletto Bros 
I 4 Haley Sisters 
Chas Aheam Co 



Cleweland. 

HIP (ubo) 
Wilson Aubrey 8 
Man Off Wagon 
La Bonlala Oo 
Clifford ft Wlllh 
Jean Adair Co 
La Petite Mlgnon 
(Three to fill)' 
PRISCILLA (sun) 
Gardner’s Maniacs 
WIkehart Snoke ft Co 
Angoll ft DeYoe 
Jack Dixon 
"Miss Up to Date" ' 
MILES (miles) 
Caron ft Farnum 
Mahoney Bros 
4 Meyakos 
Mary Dorr 
Jas Orady Oo 
0 Lawler ft Daughters 

Colombia, S. C, 
PASTIME (ubo) 
(Charleston split) 
1st half 

Harris L Lyman 
Margaret Ford 
Parber ft Taylor 
Clifford Walker 
Woods Musical 3 
Coinmbns, O. 



KEITH’S (ubo) 
Lady Alice’s Pets 
Marie Stoddard 
Seabury ft Shaw 
Sabina La Pearl 
Robbins 
"In the Dark” 

Jas B Thornton 
5 Pandors 
BROADWAY (sun) 
The Newmans 
Morgan ft Stewart 
Charlotte Quintet 
Three Dusenburys 
Arco Bros 



Dallaa, Tex. 

JEFFERSON (bp) 
Frank LeDent Co 
Davy Jamison 
Nancy Boyer Oo 
Chas Althoff 
“Reel Guys" 
MAJESTIC (inter) 
Will Ferry 
Willing ft Jordan 
J C Lewis Co 
Stanley ft Dimes 
‘‘White Coupons’* 
Charles Irwin 
The Littlejohns 



6 Minute* from All Theatre* 
OverlookInB Central Pork 

$16 hVEE? SUITES PERBONS 

Cooelitlng of Parlor, Bedroom and Bath 
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New York City 



Ben Derley Co 
McIntyre ft Maids 
“Llbonatl" 

•"Calendar Qlrla” 
AMERICAN (wva) 
•Llndskoy ft Madison 
'‘Little Mlsa Dixie’* 
Victoria 4 
June Mills 

"Old Soldier Fiddlers’* 
Santly ft Norton 
2d halt 
Jack Simons 
Marcella 
Marino ft Maley 
(Three to fill) 

KEDZIE (wva) 
Mankin 
John Oelger 
“Miss 1920” 

Wanzer A Palmer 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
The Vagrants 
Kimball ft Stewart 
Gilroy Haynes ft M 
Regan ft Renard 
Frank Gardner Co 
LINCOLN (wva' 
Elenor Fisher 
Sen Fran Murphy 
Boganny Troupe 
(Two to fill) 

2d bait 

Llndskoy ft Madison 
I.iella Shaw Co 
Victoria 4 
Lovetts Concentr’n 
(One to fill) 
McVICKER’S (loew) 

Billy. Klnf.Co 

"Who fe He?" 

Homer ft Dubhrd 
Eldridgo Barlow ft E 
Nixon ft Sands 
Flo. Jacobson 
Burke ft Burke 
Williams Bisters 
Lockbard and Laddie. 
Cincinnati, O. 
KEITH’S (Ubo) 

The Seebacks 
El Clove 



DavenpoFt, In. 
COLUMBIA (wva) 
(Sunday opening) 
Phylisa Gilmore B Oo 
Kimball ft Stuart 
Sid Lewis 
Pereira Sextet 
(One to fill) 

2d half 

"Mayor ft Manicure" 
Olenn ft Jenkins 
"Viol-Inn" 

(Two to fill) 



Dayton, O. 

^ KEITH’S (ubo) 
Gerard’s Monks 
Caltes Bros 
Larry Relley Oo 
Quinn ft Caverly 
Olivetti Moffett ft 0 
Frances Kennedy 
MoDevltt Kelly ft L 
Love ft Wilbur 



Denver 

ORPHEUM 
Toto Co 
Keane ft White 
GIgy ft Vadlo 
Milton ft DeLong Sis 
Julie Ring Go 
Milt Collins 
"Olrl from Milwaukee" 
PANTAGES (p) 
"Quakertown to Bway" 
Emily Darrel! Oo 
Marlon Munson Co 
Coscia A Verdi 
3 Bartos 
AI Wbolman 


ORPHEUM 
(Sunday opening) 

C MacDonald 
Drew A Wallace 
Bensee ft Baird 
Hahn Weller Co 
Herman ft Shirley 
H ft H Savage 
Wellington Cross 
EMPRESS (wva) 
Collier ft DeWalde 
Mationey A Rogers ' 


















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McConnell & Simpson 
Webb & Stanley 
Kluting’B AnlmalB 

Detqolt 

TBMP1.H (Ubo) 
“MasterBlngers" 

Yates & Reed 
Jas Tbompaon Co 
liucille’a Blrjl 
Geo Yeoman 
Weber & Rldnor 
•Retter Broa 
loleen Sistera , 
COLUMBIA (Bun) 
Touristl 

Columbia Players 
Duzan & Chapman 
Musical Comedy Co 
ORPHBUM (mllea) 
LooB Bros 
Celestial Duo 
Jones & Sylvefiter 
O’Brien Havel & Co 
Taylor & Corell 
BorclieBter, Maaa. 
PRANKLYN (loew) 
Burns & Foran 
3 Manning Sis 
Jos K Watson ) 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
8 Larneds 
Smith & Tosel 
B ;dy Walker 
Chin Sin Loo 

Dnbaqne« la. 
MAJESTIC (wva) 
Willie Zimmerman 
Cllfl Dean Co 
Nadel & Folletta 
Hombergg & Lee 
Aeroplane Girls 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Goldie & Mack 
Maggie LeClalre Co 
Bill Robinson 
Brown’s Highlanders 
' (One to All) 

Dnlntli 
ORFHBUM 
(Sunday opening) 
“Camouflage” 

II Triz & Sister 
Bennett A Richards 
Lew Madden Co 
Bert Earl Sto 
Mr A Mrs G Wilde 
Walter Brower 
GRAND (wva) 
Frick A Adair 
Willing A Willing 
Cwen A Moore 
•Eskimo A Seals 
(One to fill) 

2d half ^ 

•Welton A Marshall, 
Cannibal Maids 
Romaine A Moran 
(Two to fill) 

Kaaton. Fa. 

' ABLE 0 H (Ubo) 

' “Pretty Baby” 

2d half 
The Alvaranos 
Barker A Wynne 
Leonard A Willard 
Gall Bros Co 
(One to fill) 

B. St. Lonls, lU. 

BRBBRS (wva) 

B J Moore Cn 
N Ferguson A Sunderld 
Tabor A Green 
(One to fill) 

2d halt 
Pope A Uno 
Conrad A Goodwin 
Hoyt’s Minstrels 
Bdmonton. Can. 
PANTAGBS (p) 
Ton Edwards Co 
The Yongers 
"The Owl” , „ 
Manning Fenney A K 
Reeves A Gaynor Bis 
Bllsatietli. N._ J. 
PROCTOR’S ^ubo) 
Hunter A Brown 
Nell Paul Co 
Terry A Lambert 
Jane Gall Co 
A1 Cota 
Tennessee 10 
2d half 
Ben Bernle 
Strom A Conlan 
Martin A Webb 
CAM Cleveland 
(Two to flll)„ „ 
Eilmlra. N. Y. 
MAJESTIC (ubo) 
Harry A Bdith '"”est 
George Leonard Co 
Ford A Cun’ham Sis 
4 Bards 

2d half 

Wlkl BIrd_ , 
Granville A Mack 
Hadsl Sambola Co 
(One to All) 

Elrfe. Pa. 
COLONIAL (Ubo) 
Lormer Girls 
wnton. Av^RodgOT^., 
Ned Norworth 3 
6 Klrksmlth Sis 
Bowman A Shea 
Kitamura Japs 
EwnnsTille. Ind. 

GRAND (wva) ^ 
(Terre Haute split) 
1st half 
Arthur Barrett 
Maxine Alton Co 
Hickey Boys 
Slatkos Rolllokere 
(One to fill) 



FaU River, Mass. 

BIJOU (loew) 
Alfred Farrell Go 
Sallle Burch 
"Any Couple" 

Joe Cook 
Glnlllanl Quartet 
2d half 

Brown A Barrows 
Geo Randall Co 
Anderson A Golnes 
Degnon A Clifton 
FUnt, Mich. 
PALACB (ubo) 
May A Klldufl 
Musical Consvt’ry 
Amelia Clare 
"Battle of San Dago” 
(One to All) 

2d half 

(Same as Lansing 1st 
half) 

Ft. WUllnm, Can. 

ORPHBUM (wva) 
•Ware A Marvin 
"Pinched” 

Fox A Evans 
•Orbassany’s CoCkat’s 
2d halt 

Howland Irwin A H. 
Isabelle Miller Co 
Fred Lewis 
(One to fill) 

Ft. Worth, Tex. 
MAJESTIC (Inter) 
Aerial Degroffe 
Genaro A Gold 
Harry Von Fossen 
Frltzl ScheS 
Melody Garden 
(Two to fill) 

Fresno 
HIP (aAh) 
Gehan A Gehan 
Joe Larton 
J A I Marlin 
Carroll Keating A F 
'Girl from Starland” 



Bessie Welsh 
2d halt 



Rose A Rosana 
Swiss Song Birds 
Rae A Faulkner 
Reckless Duo 
(One to fill) 

Galeabnrgr lU. 
ORPHBUM (wva) 

2d half 

Tracey Palmer A T 
"Psttlng oh Airs" 
Howard Fields Mins 
Langdon A Smith 
Ruth Howell 8 
(Two to fill) 
Galveston, Tex. 
MAJESTIC (inter) . 
(30-1) . 

(Same bill plays Ana- 
tin 2-8; Waco 4-5) 
Gliding O’Meras 
Brown A Jackson 
Maryland Singers 
Laughlln .A West 
George Lemalre A Co 
Miller A Penfold 
Camilla’s Birds 



Grand Rapids, Mich 

EMPRESS (ubo) 



The Geralds 
Brooks & Powers 
"Some Bride" 

J & M Harkins 
Adolphus Co 
Chief Capaullcan 
Seymour’s Family 
Gt. Falls, Mont. 
PANTAGBS (P) 
( 1 - 2 ) , . 
(Same bill playing 
Helena 8) 

Morris A Shaw 
"Here Comes Eva” 
Sampson A Douglas 
Hayatakl Japs 
Happy Gardner Co 
HamRton, Can. 
LYRIC (ubo) 
Helen Jackley 
Holliday A Wlllette 
Rosamund A Dorothy 
•Walter Fenner Co 
Lew Dock’.tader 
Mang A Snyder 
LOEW (’ =iw) 
Martin Duo 
Vincent Kelly 
•Maryl Prince A Girls 
•(}uy Woodward Co 
Friend A Downing 
Harrisburg. Pn. 
MAJESTIC (ubo) 
lAwrence Bros A T 
O’Brien A South Girls 
Lloyd A WhltehoUBO 
Rialto Revuo 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
The Frletchos 
Wilson A Moore 
"Bonfires of Empires" 
Adrian 

Henry Dukane Co 
Hob oke n, N. J. 

LOEW (loew) 
Dlngley A Norton 
•Florence Gladioli 
"■■•’^Who’^Hrow*'’" 

J A T Weir 
Russ Le Van A Sully 
2d half 

Delmore A Moore 
CHIT Clarke 
(Three to fill) 
Hnnntoh,' Tex. 
PRINCE (hp) 
Beeman A Anderson 
Henry A Mooro 
Billy Batchelor 
Prince A Bell 



Follies of Today 
MAJESTIC (Inter) 
Debourg Slaters 
Hobson A Beatty 
J K Emmett Co 
Jennings A Mack 
"Girl with 1.000 Byes" 
Charles Wilson 
10 Gypsys 

Ithaca, N. Y. 

STAR (ubo) 
McNally A Ashton 
Soldier Ben Hilbert 
Hadsl Sambola Co 
2d half 

Harry A Edith West 
Nippon Duo 
4 Bards 

IndlanapoUa 
KEITH’S (Ubo) 
York’s Dogs 
Rose A Edge 
Nonette Co 
Arthur Pickens Co 
Doc O’Nell 
“The Miracle” 
"Ruhevllle” 

(One to fill) 

Jackson. Mich. 
ORPHBUM (ubo) 
KhrteUl 
Ross A .LeDuo 
Brown A Folsom 
Roach A McCurdy 
"No Man’s Land" 

2d half 

(Same as Saginaw let 
half) _ 
JacfcsonvlUe. Fla. 
ARCADE (ubo) 
(Savannah split) 
(Sunday opening) 

1st half 

Scanlon A Denny 
4 Avoloa 

Kelso A Leighton 
Saxon A Clinton 
Wills Gilbert 3 
Jersey City. 
KEITH’S (Ubo) 

2d half (26-29) 
Martyn A Florence 
Baker A Rogers 
Stevens A Bordeaux 
Rose A Thom 
Tom Kelly 
Tennessee 10 

Joliet, lU. 
ORPHBUM (wva) 
Aerial Bartletts 
2d half 

Marshall A Coveet 
Porter J White Co 
Jarvis A Harrison 
(One to fill) 
Kalomaisoo. Mich. 

MAJESTIC (ubo) 
Rose A Dell 
FAG DeMont 
Franklyn Fay 
Clark’s Hawallans 
2d halt 

(Same as Jackson 1st 
half) 

Kansas City, Mo. 

ORPHBUM 
(Sunday opening) 
Grace LaRue 
Paul Decker Co 
Andy Rice 
Lander Bros 
Margot Francos Co 
Roy Harrah Co 
Horace Golden Co 
PANTAGBS (p) 
(Sunday opening) 
"Hoosler Girl” 

Green McH A Dean 
Great Richard 
D A A Wllpon 
Dura A Feoly 
Knoxville, Tenn. 

BIJOU (ubo) 
(Chattanooga spilt) 
1st bait 
Tossing Austins 
Frazer Bunco A H 
Hale Norcross Co 
Brlerre A King 
Carl Roslnl Co 
Lancaoter. Fa. 
COLONIAL (Ubo) 

2d half (26-28) 
Kennedy A Nelson 
Sidney A Townley 
Jennetta Childs 
6 Klrksmlth Sis 
Lansing, Midi. 
BIJOH (ubo) 
Artois Duo 
Van A Vernon 
Kingsbury A Dane 
Miller A Lyles 
"Makers of History" 
2d half 

(Same as Battle Creek 
1st half) 

Lima. O. 
ORPHBUM (sun) 
Sam Hood 
Paquin Models 
Wood Young A P 
2d half 
Oliver Severn 3 



Manning A Hall 
■'Dunfiaf’s 'Darldos ■ ' • 



Lincoln, Neb. 

ORPHBUM 
O Cunningham 
Fern A Favls 
Marie Nordstrom 
Hnrrls A Marlon 
Dunbar’s Hussars 
“Levitation” 

Gordon. A Kem 
Little Rock, Avk. 
MAJESTIC (Inter) 
Obong A Moey 



Jennie Middleton 
Alex O’Neill A S 
4 Portia Sisters 
(One to fill) 

2d halt 

Eleanor Cochran Co 
Browning A Dawson 
(Three to fill) 

Los Angelen 
ORPHBUM 
(Sunday opening) 
Cervo 

R T Haines Co 
Marla Co 
Bison City 4 
Columbis A Victor 
Gautier’s Shop 
Conlin A Glass 
PANTAGBS (P) 
Lucy Gillette 
“Bon Voyage” ^ 
Moratti Linton Co 
Creamer Barton A S 
Parish A Peru 
J A D Miller 
, HIP (aAh) 

Lew Huff 
Les Arados 
“Milady’s Gowns” 
DePeron 3 _ 

Sharp A Gibson 
Christy A Bennett . 
Whirlwind Hagens 
lionlavllle, Ky, 
ANDERSON (ubo) 
Miller A Oapman 
Fields A Conway 
O’Donnell A Blair 
Maude Muller 
“In the Zone” 
Whitfield A Ireland 
“Circus Day Joyland’ 
(One to fill) , ^ 
KEITH’S (ubO) 
(Nashville split) 

1st hall 
Clemenso Bros 
Vaugn A Dreams 
Bally Hoo 3 
Norwood A Hall 
Cliff Bailey Duo 
Lowell, Mass; 
KEITH’S (ubo) 
Lawton 
"Nowadays” 

RawBon A Clare 
Lillian Fitzgerald 
Cartwell A Harris 
Harry Hines 
"Tarzan” 

' Macon, Ga. 

GRAND (Ubo) 
(Augusta split) ' 
1st half 
Sterling Rose 8 
Qeorgle Emmett 
Halllday A Newelle 
8 White Kuhns 
Misses Cbalfonte 
Madlaon.’ Wla. 
ORPHBUM (wva) 
Nelson’s Novelty 
2 Vagrants 
Lovett’s Concentr’n 
Bobby Henshaw 
"Frontier of Freedom" 
2d half 
Tyler St Clair 
Skolly A Kelt 
Doc Baker A Girls 
June Mills 
LaPetlte Cab Rev 
Mansfield, O. 
OPERA HOUSE (sun) 
2d halt 
Mons Herbert 
Paul Bauwens 
Follies DeVoguo 
Kennedy A Burt 
(One to fill) 
McKeesport, Fa, 
HIP (ubo) 
Finard A Dudley 
Arthur Lavlne Co 
Sam Harris 
Wheeler Bros 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Egan A Demur 
Lejuce , 

Smlletta Olrls 
(Two to fill) 
Memphis, Tenn. 
LYCEUM (loew) 
Howard A Jenkins 
Jewette A Elgin 
Quigley A Fitzgerald 
“Just Girls” 

2d half 
Jim Doherty 
"Telephone Tangle 
DeVoe A Statzer 
WolgsB A OlrHe 
Mllwankce 
MAJESTIC (orpb) 
Elizabeth Murray 
"Somewhere In Fr” 

0 Rochester 
Gardner A Hartman 
Bert Melrose 
Sandy Shaw 
Gordon A Rica 
Ishkawa Japs 
PALACB (wva) 
(Sunday opening) 
(Jonirey ' sisters’’ ~ ’ ~ 
Doc Baker A GlrlS 
Geo Mack 
(Three to fill) 

2d half 

Mowatt A Mullen 
Sen Prar Murphy „ 
•"Revue a la Carte” 
(Three to fill) 
Mlnncapolla 
ORPHBUM 
"All for Democracy” 
Ford Sisters 



Mayo A Lynn 
Dale A Burch 
Kathryn Murray 
Merlan’s Dogs 
•’Honeymoon’’ 



GRAND -twva) 
Johnny A Wise 



Cummings A (3arrolI_ 
MoWms Stiendal A B 
Arlsto Trpupo 
PALACB (wva) 
Dreaon Sisters 
Francis A Hume 
Sidney Taylor Co 
Bessie Clifton 
"Hello Peoplo Hello 
Mobile, Ala. 
GRAND (Ubo) . 
(New Orleans split) 
1st half 
The Brads 
Burns A Wilson 
Milton Pollock Co 
Gray A Graham 
Lai^b’s Yanaklns 
Moline, 111. , 
PALACB (wva)^ 
(Sunday opening) 
Nelusco A Hurley 
Haddon A Norman 
•Tonlas Hawallans 
dhas Kenna — _ 
Frear Baggott A F 
2d half 

Hughes Musical Duo 
Homberg A, Lee 
Lorraine A Bannister 
Sid Lewis 

"Old Soldier Fiddlers 
Montgomery, Ala. 
GRAND (Ubo) 
(Anniston split)^ 
(Sunday opening)- 
1st half 
Sutter A Dell 

HlnkelAMM 
"Childhood Days" 

Dean A Dobrow 
Mile Theresa Co 
Montreal, Ou, 
PRINCESS (Ubo) 
Rose A Moon 
Espe A Dutton 
Edith Clifford 
Gonne A Albert 
H Beresford Co 
Nltta Jo 
4 Readings 

LOEW (loew) 
Oxford Trio 
BUI Pruitt 
Douglas Flint Co 
Adams A Guhl 
Blanche Alfred Co 
Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 
PROCTOR’S (ubo) 

2d half (26-29) 
Howard’s Bears 
Eastman Sisters 
H Holman Co 
Ben Bemie 
Bronson A Baldwin 
Clark A Verdi 
1st half (30*2) 

D Southern 3 
Dunham A Edwards 
Will Oakland Co 
Boyce Boyle A B 
McKay A Ardlne 
Murray Bennett 
Naakvllle, Tenn. 
PRINCESS (ubo) 
(I.oulsvllIe split) 

1st half 
The Randalls 
La Belle A Lillian 
Ericson A Arcaro 
Naynon’p Birds , 

(One to fill) 

New Haven, Conn. 

BIJOU (Ubo) 
Dancing Cronins 
King Slaters 
McKay’s S Review 
Mario Gardner 
Three Mori Bros 
2d half 

Sultan 

Eddie Healey 
Bessie Mack Oo 
Kltner A Reaney 
4 Mosconls _ ^ 
PALACB (ubo) 
McRae A Clegg 
•Barry Girls 
Nash A O’Donnell 
Conrad A Mayo 
Big Local Act 
2d half 

Musical Fredericks 
Bums A Ardlne 
Shannon A Annls 
Josephine A Brooks 
Big Local Act 
New Orlenns, La. 
PALACE fiibo) 
(Mobile spilt) 

1st half 

DeWltt Young A Sis 
Baskette A cheslelghs 
H B Toomer Oo 
Meredith A Snoozer 
"Going Some" 
ORPHBUM 
- Len dKohlmar 'Co^ 
Courtney Sisters 
Harry Jolson 
Laura Hoffman 
Ruth Budd 
Stewart A Kelley 
Paul lysVar Co 
CRESCENT (loew) 
Norman 
Carl A Inez 
Broughton A Turner 
Freeman A Barnes 
Bamold’s Animals 



2d halt 

Mack A West . 
Howard A- Jenkins 
Jewett A Elgin 
Quigley A Fitzgerald 
Just Glrle 

New Rochelle, N, Y, 
LOEW (loew) 
Brown Sisters 
011ft Clark „ “ 

Arthur Sullivan Oo 
2d halt 

Frank A Rae Warner 
Mae Curtis 
(One to flllK 
-Norfolk, Va. 
ACADEMY (Ubo) 
(Richmond split) 

1st halt 
Nip A Tuck 
Leroy A Cooper 
"New Model” 

Mason A Oynne 
“Bullet Proof Lady” 
Norristown, Pa. 
GARRICK (moss) 
Best A Jerry 
Hall A O’Brien, 
Howard A Lewis ^ 
Maurice Samuels Go 
2d half 

Hanlon A Clifton 
D Fg Cue A H Haw 
Lee A Bennett 
Yucatan 

Oakland 
ORPHBUM 
Clark' A Bergman 
Bessie Clifford 
Mrs T Whlfteli 
Eddie Foyer . K 
"Girl on Magazine” 

F Tempest Co 
Kitarlo Trio 
Tracey A McBride 
PANTAGBS (p) 
(Sunday opening) 
"Stockings” 

"Mile a Minute" 
Hooper A Burkhardt 
Winton Bros 
DeMlchelle Bros 

'M^tWeSott (aAh) 
Leonard A Louie 
B A E Frawley 
De Lin Trio 
Dale Wilson 
Seymour A Dupree 
Rector Weber A T 
Walter Baker Oo 
2d halt 

Jarvis A Gaffney 
Martelle 

S Denis Sisters, , 
O’Rourke A Atkinson 
Big Jim . 

Ogden , , 
PANTAGBS (P) 



(8-5) 
itlo 






CENTURY (u . 
Ruder ft Armstrong 
Edith Mote 
Doctor Delmore 
Pisano ft Brighton 
Cromwells 

2d half 

- Lenardi 



Ferns A Howell 
W S Harvey Co 
Revue De Luxe 
(One to fill) 

Philadelphia 
KEITH'S (Ubo) 

The Levolaa 
Green A Delere 
Sylvia Clark 
"The Only Girl” 

Bobby Heath 
Sheehan A Regay 
Trixie Frlgonza 
6 Famons Lloyds 
KEYSTONE (ubo) 

2d halt (26-28) 
Parano 

CAM Cleveland 
"Some Baby” 

WM PENN (uho) 

. 2d half (26-28) 
Kitamura Japs 
O’Brien A South Girls 
Rives A Arnold 
H Langdon Op 
GRAND (ubo) 
Reynolds A White 
Jack McGowan Co 
"Too Many Sweet- 
hearts” 

Prank Gaby _ 
ALLEGHENY (ubo) 
Whiteside Sisters 
Baker A Rogers 
"The Stampede" 

(One to fill) ' 
NIXON (ubo) 
Schoen A Walton 
Kautman Bros 
Hamilton A Barnes 
Ziegler Slaters Co 
(One to fill) 
ALHAMBRA (moss) 
Laveen A Cross 
Rucker A Winifred 
Gypsy Songsters 
2d half 
Best A Jerry , 

Bess A A1 Kaufman 
Peter Platlnotf Oo , 
BROADWAY (moss) 
D Fg Oue A H Haw 
Evans A Wilson 
Texas Four 
“Little Burglar” 

2d half 
Old Hometead 5 
VAC Avery 
Eckert A Parker 
Inter Hevne 



Providence, R, I, 
KEITH'S (Ubo) 
Jack A Forls 
Ann Gray 
Chris Richards 
J Courthopo Oo 
4 Harmony Kings 
"Croaby’a Corners" 
Amos A Wlntbrop , 
Sarlanoff A Sonia 
EMERY (loew) 
Smith A Tosel 
Flake A Fallon 
Arthur DoVoy'Co 
Nat Carr 
3 Larneds 

2d half 
Morton Bros 
Bernard Trio 
Chisholm A Breen 
Jos K Watson 
Revue de Vogue 
Reading, Pa. 
MAJESTIC (Ubo) 
The Prletches 
Carleton A Montrose 
“Bonfires of Bmplros” 
Harris A Morey 
(One to fill) 

2d half 

Honeyhoy Minstrels 
Nelson A Oastle 
Eddy 8 
(Two to fill) 
Richmond, Va. 
LYRIC (Ubo) 
(Norfolk split) 

1st half 
Zeska A King 
6 War Widows 
Cameron Clemons 
Ethel McDonough 
Collins A Hart 

Roanoke; To, - 
ROANOKE (ubo) 
(Charlotte spilt) 
1st half 
Stewart Sisters 
Mary Maxfleld 
"Me A Mary” 

Jonny Burke 
6 Va Steppers 
Rocheatex, N. Y, 
TEMPLE (Ubo) 
Oeo MacFarlano 
0 Vincent Co 
"Amorlcan Ballot" 
DeLeon A Davies 
Ralph Smalley 
Casper B; Sinclair 









CROSS KEYS (moss) . MoConnMl A Austin 
Royal Gascoignes 
Knowles A Hurst 
Van A Carry Avery 



Rockford# IIL 
PALACE (wva) 



“Temptation” 

Ross Wyse Co 
“Finders Keepers" 
Cook A Oatman 
Curtis’ Canines 
Wm H Rogers 
Ofcia, City. Oklo. 
LIBERTY (hp) 
(Same bill plays Mus- 
kogee SO) 

Sully Rogers A Sully 
Creighton A Creighton 
Misses Parker 
Lew Wilson „ 

“An Arabian Night” 
Omaha, Neb, 
ORPHBUM . 
(Sunday qpentng) 
Derwent Hall Caine 
Bankoff Co 
Grace DeMar 
Moran A Mack 
Joe Browning 
EqulIIl Bros 
Tina Lemer 

Ottawa, 

DOMINION (Ubo) 
The Laveres 
Nevlns A Edwards 
Madison A. Winchester 
W A M Rogers 
Riding School V 
Passaic, N. J. 
PLAYHOUSE (ubo) 
2d half (26-28) 

Ah Ling Foo 
Mayo A Leslie 
"3 AM” 

Betb Cbalis 
J Singer A Dolls 
Rice A Elmer 
(One to fill) „ _ 
Paterson, N. J. 
MAJESTIC (ubo) 
2d hair (26-28) 
Nelson A Castle 
GAP Hickman 
Hill A Ackerman 
Obas DIeetaam 
Peniia,' IIL 
ORPHBUM (wva) 
Ouerro A Carmen 
“Yankee Princess” 

2d half ■ 

Diamond A Daughter 
: Aloxandor- A;.-F Wds 
Howard Farrell Co 
LaTour A Cold 
Boganny Troupe 



Obas Loder Co 
Eckert A Parker 
Inter Revue 

2d half 
Laveen A Cross 
Howard A Lewis 
Gypsy Songsters 
Chase A Latour 
Rucker A Winifred 
Winning Winnie 



(Sunday opening) 
yier St 01 ‘ 



GLOBE (moss) 
folan 



Nolan A Noli 
Durkin Girls 
Corse Payton Co 
Henry Frey 
"Some Baby” 

The Yaltos 
F A J Smith 
Lottie Williams Co 
Bohbe A Nelson 
5 Syncopated Notes 
PIttsbnrgh 



DAVIS (uSo) 
A AD Lamb 
M Montgomery 
LeMalre A Hardy 
Olaudie Coleman 



Tyler St Olair 
Lorraine A Bannister 
Donald Dunn 
•'■Revue a la Carte" 
(One to fill) 

2d half 

Nelson’s Novelty 
Mhrker A Sohenok 
Gilmore Browne Co 
Geo Mack 

"Frontier of Freedom” 
Sacramehto 
HIPP (oAb) 
PoUey 

Robinson A Martin 
8 Harmony Maids 
Allen A Betty Lelber 
Lot Mon Kim 
Three Lees 
Blyler A Green 
2d half 
Easy A Easy 
LAO Woods 
American Maids 
Doyle A Elaine 
Paul Kleist Co 





















Hopnw “%o) 

Ben Beyer Oo 
(Ope to fill) 



."Bride Shop” 
2d half 



HARRIS (uho) 
Leigh A La Grace 
Jerome A Devltas 
Gertrude McGill Oo 
. The Valdares 
8 Melody Olrls 
Harry Sterling 
Leighton A Kennedy 
Zemater A Smith 
Porlinnd. Ore, 
ORPHBUM 
Doree’s Celehrltles 
Imboff Conn A Coroone 
Brendol A Bert t 
Leipzig I 

Yvette ft Saranoff 
Emerson A Baldwin 
Losova ft Gilmore 
PANTAGBS (p) 
"He’s a Devil" 

Miller Packer ft Selz 
Jackie ft Billy 
The Norvellos 
Wbeeler A Potter 
"Red Fox Trot" 
Portland, Me. 
KEITH’S (Ubo) 
Sprague A McNeeoe 
Donald Roberts 
McNally Denis A D 



(Same as Ba^ city 1st 



half) 

St Lonls 

ORPHBUM 
Elsa Ryan Co 
"Lincoln H’bwayman” 
Sbattuok A O’Noll 
Marlon Harris 
Elsa Rueggor 
Ward Bros 

Sterling A Marguerite 
(One to fill) 

GRAND (wva) 
Capes A Snow' 

Wilson A Wilson 
Crowley A Bmmerson 
Diaz Monks 

2d half 
"Mimic World" 
IMPERIAL (wva) 
Frank Carmen 
Barlow A Deerle 
TbiesBcns Pets 
MoCarver ft Robinson 
Harrington ft Mills 
PARK (wva) 

Pope A Uno 
Morlarlty Slaters 
"Fireside Reverie” 
Knapp A Oornalla 












"Hands Across Sea” 
Pottsvllle, Po. 

HIP (moss) 
Hanlon A Clifton 
Bens A A I Kaufman 
Jack Marley 
Yucatan 

2d half 
Charles Sisters 
Hall A O’Brien 
Evans A Wilson 
"Little Burglar" 



2d bait 
E J Mooro Oo 
Hallman A MonettI 
"Pottlcoats" 

Wanzor ft Palmer 
Golden Tmupo 
St Paul 
ORPHBUM 
(Sunday opening) 
Edward’s Revue 
Una Clayton Oo 
RAG Ellsworth 











B O 



Valento Bros Stonx City, la. 

"An Artistic Treat” OKPHBUM (wv«) 

FALACB ’Iwva) (Sunday opening) 

Viola JKnapp Co Time & Tile 

Gay £ Ollrose Cahill £ Romalno 

Chief Little Elk Co 5 American Girls 
Maybolle Phillips Jessie Hayward Co 

Coclle Trio Marlon Weeks 

2d half Jessie Hayward Co 

Willing £ Willing Marion Weeks 

Owen £ Moore Hobt Everest 

'Eskimo £ Seal 2d half 

(Two to fill) Monroe £ Grant 

Salt Lake Tracey Palmer £ T 

ORPHBUM Lieigh DeLacey Co 

i (Sunday opening) Johnson Dean Revue 

HUe Dazle Co Page Hack £ Mack 

Gilbert £ Frledlander (One to fill) 

Kennedy £ Rooney hmiI 

orp'heuw 

(Sunday o 

PANTAGBS (p) ~ j 

Galettl's Babboons ^ 

RelaiSton A Grant 

Oeo£Mlel 
Eastman Trio Stephens 

San Antonio, Tex. stone £ Hay 

ROTAL (hp) Crewell Fant 

Walsh £ Bemtley Larry Comer 

Denny £ Dunlgan « Betfcleh 

Landers Stevens Co OEW r 

Simpson £ Dean n > 

Herbert Lloyd Co 



2d half Smith £ Austin 

(Same as Sacramento Holmes £ Wells 



San Diego 

PANTAGBS (p) 
Mahoney fi Rogers 
Anderson £ Rean 
"World In Harmony” 
“Ocean Bound” 
"B^hlons do Vogue” 
Biddle Ross 

HIPP (afih) 
Betty William 
Johnsons £ Johnson 
Lalttte Davis 
Stroll Trio 
Stanly Qalllnl Co 
2d half 
Peat £ Stevens 
Alf Rlpon 
Roxanna 

Fredericks £ Van 
Denny fi Morrlsbh 
San Fmndaco 
ORPHBUM 
(Sunday opening) 
Mack £ Ijockwood 
BTsher £ Hawley 
Mellette Sisters 
Creole Fashion Plate 
Heras £ Preston 
Julius Tannan 
Albert Verchamp 
PANTAGES (p) 
(Sunday opening) 
Euma 4 

J Flynn Minstrels 
P Dassl Co 
Fennell fi Tyson 
Empire Comedy 4 
CASINO (a£h) 
(Sunday opening) 
Enos BVazere 
Pickett £ Plunkett 
Tom fi Pearl Almond 
Moore £ Grey 
Ward Baker Co 
Burke £ Lee 
Lipton’s Monks 
HIPP (afih) 
Voltaire Lloyd 
Green £ Bailey 
Herbert £ Lee 
Shaffer Leonard £ F 
The Zellnas 

Savannah, Ga. 
BIJOU (ubo) 
(Jacksonville split) 
1st half 
Hawaiian Duo 
Florence Rayfleld 
"Between Trains” 
Howard fi Sadler 
Potter £ Hartwell 
Schenectady, N. Tf. 
PROCTOR’S (ubo) 

S Lachman Sis 
Flagler £ Malta 
Louis Brocades 
Kaufman Brothers ! 
Palfrey Hall £ B 
2d half 
Adlon Co 
Kharnum 
Bert Baker Co 
Wilton Sisters 
Eight Dominos 
Scranton, Fa. 
POLI'S (ubo) 



So. Bead, lad. 

ORPHEUM (wva) 
(Sunday opening) 
Carletta 

LaPearl £ Blondell 
'Leila Shaw Co 
Jarvis £ Harris 
"Colour Gems” 

2d half 

Geo £ Mae LeFevre 
Hal Stephens 
‘ Stone £ Hays 
Crewell Fanton Co 
Larry Comer 
So Bethlehem, Pa. 

LOEW (loew) 
Dartos 
Annete Dare 
R C Faulkner 
(One to fill) 

2d half ' 

Kimball £ Kenneth 
(Three to fill) 
PALACE (moss) 
Amanda Gilbert 
Lee £ Bennett 
Old Homestead 5 
2d half 

Dunham £ O'Malley 
Grace De Winters 
Royal Gascoignes „ 
Spartansbnrg, S C. 
. ..aRRIS (ubo) 
Elkins Fay fi E 
(Four to fill) 

2d half 

Rubin £ Carlotte 
Harry Bond Co 
Juliet Dika 
"Courting Days” 

(One to fill) 

Spokane 
PANTAGES (p) 

"Oh That Melody" 

Mr £ Mrs N Phillips 
Swartz £ Clifford 
Kinzs 
Nan Gray 
Springfield, IlL 
MAJESTIC (wva) 
(Sunday opening) 
Aerial Bartletts 
Ed Farrell Co 
4 Buttercups 
Jas H Cullen 
Great Golden Tr 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
King £ Brown 
Wilson £ Van 
•Lawrence Grant Co 
Nick Hufford 
Samarofl £ Sonia 
(One to fill) 
Springfield, Mass. 
PALACE (ubo) 

The Hennings 
Horn £ Ferris 
Mr £ Mrs Sy Payne 
Gray £ Byron 
Lydia Barry 
Burns £ Ardlne 
2d halt 
W Hale fi Bro 
Brown £ Demont 
Byron Totten Co 
Ferraro £ Tabho 
Harry Breen ' 

Tom Brown's Review 
BROADWAY (loew) 
Morton Brbe 
McDonald £ Cleveland 
Chisholm fi Breen 
Chin Sin Lioo 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
u Manning Sis 
Arthur DeVoy Co 
Flske £ Fallon 
Nat Carr 
(One to fill) 

Springfield, O. 

SUN (sun) 

Oliver Severn 3 



(Wilkes-Barre split) Manning £ Hall 



1 Bt half 

Tojettl fi Bennett 



Dunbar’s Darkles 
2d half 



Lehman fiGalllnacamp ^ixle Serenader 



To Fin 

Harmon £ O'Connor 
Johnnie Clark Co 
Seatlle 
ORPHBUM 
(Sunday opening) 
A Rash Cip 
Whipple fi Huston 
Lelghtners £ Alex 
HstW' Cushing'’’ 
Rev Frank Gorman 
Aub Creightons 
Jas J Morton 
PANTAGES (p) 
Worden Bros 
“Retue Bouquet" 

T P Dunn 
Wm Flemen Co 
IlolmoB £ Le Vere 
“Barefoot- Boy" 



Wood Young £ P 
Knight’s Roosters 
Stockton 
ORPHBUM 
(30-1) 

(Same bill plays Sac- 
ramento 2-3 ; Fresno 
4-0) 



1st half) 

Syraense, N. Y. 

TEMPLE (ubo) 

Cycling Brunettes 
Edna Luby 
The Belldays 

SSSioSV™' HM-n^UiBin 
(0., t. a 

J Singer £ Dolls S(*enck . 

FIngla £ Malla Howart Rovuo 

EMward Esmonde Co 2!}^®*" 

Kaufman Brothers 

Clara Howard - « 

Delmore £ Kole 

CRESCENT (ubo) fon? to*«m 
Mc(3arthy £ Levering ^ COSMOS (moss) 



Qeorgallls Trie 
Jack Alfred Co 
PANTAGES (p) 
"Ob Charmed” 
Bailey £ Auetln 
Sherman Van £ H 
Regal £ Mack 
Hill Tivoli fi Hill 



Olathe Miller Co 
Green & Parker 
4 Fujiyama Japs 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
The Sheldons 
Olga £ Jack Woods 
Geo Leonard Co 
Conrad £ Mayo 
(Two to All) 

Terre Hant^ Ind. 

HIPP (wva) 

(Evansville split) 
1st half 
Tlie Florence 
Zeno £ Mandel 
“The Lemon” 

Trovato 

•Ching Ling Toye Co 

Toledo, O. 

KEITH’S (ubo) 

3 Maxims 
Alex McFayden 
Coakley fi Dnnlevy 
Rajah 

Harry Green Co 
H fi A Seymour 
3 De OnzoB 
(One to fill) 

Toronto, dm. 

SHEA’S (ubo) 
"Suffragette Revue” 
Loney Haskell 
Ethel Hopkins 
A1 £ F Steadman 
Moss £ Frye 
3 Kanes 

Ramsdell & Deyer 
^ ; HIP (ubo) 

Swift £ Daly 
Bob H Hodge Co 
Alice Manning 
La Follette 
Jones £ Johnson 
(One to fill) 

YOUNQH (loew) 
•’’Birds in Dreamld” 
Belle Oliver 
“Largay £ Snee 



COSMOS (moss) 
Piccolo Midgets 
Tyler £ Crollus 
Oallerina Sisters 
Lane £ Plant 
Bon Bens 

Waterirary, Conn. 

POU’S (nbo) 

W Sale £ Bro 
Brown £ Demont 
Byron Totten Co 
Harry Breen 
liouls Hart 

2d half 

Gerbme £ Allhright 
Nash £ O’Donnell 
V fi E Stanton 
Ward fi Pryor 
Three Mori Bros 
(One to fill) 

Waterloo, la. 

MAJESTIC (wva) 

(Sunday opening) 
Monroe & Grant 
Frances Dyer 
Mayor £ Manicure 
Bin Robinson . 
Viol-Inn 

2d half 

Nelusco £ Herley 
Nadell £ Follette ' 
Tate’s Motoring 
Jno Geiger 
Aeroplane Girls 
- WUkeis-BBrre, Pa. 
POLI’S (ubo) 
(Scranton split) 
let half 
Prawley £ West 
Sydney A Townley 
Lawrence fi Edwards 
Belle Montrose 
Winnipeg: 
ORPHBUM 
IBiva Tanguay 
Jas C Morton Co 
Vokes & Don 
Amoros A Jeanette 
Priscoe 

Helen Gleason Co 



Sherman was Wrong” 



•Weir & Temple 
•G fi M LeFevre 

.Trenton, N. J. 

TAYLOR (ubo) 

2d half (26-28) 
Beth Chains 
Stork £ Link 
McCormack £ Wall 
T Moore fi Co 
Bowers Walters £ C 
STATE ST (moss) 
Harding £ Co 
Lucky £ Burns 
Dunham & O’Malley 
Peter Platlnoff Co 
, 2d half 

Bartello fi Co 
Knowles £ Hurst 
Maurice Samuels Co 
Troy, N. Y. 
PROCTOR’S (ubo) 
McRae £ Slegg 
McLoughlln £ Evans 
Clayton Macklyn Co 
Wilton Sisters 
Eddie. Borden Co 
Stella Mayhew 
2d half 
3 Lachman Sis 
Harvey De Vera 3 
The Belldays 
Edna Luby 
Louis Brocades 
Burns & Prablto 
Palfrey Hall & B 
Union HIU, N. J. 

LINCOLN (ubo) 

2d half (26-28) 
Stan Stanley 3 
Greenlee £ Will 
"Blow Your Horn” 
Wallace fi Holl - 
Lawrence Bros £ T 
Uficn, N, Y. 
COLONIAL (ubo) 
The Sheldons 
Paramo 
Ed Esmond Co 
Kilkenny Duo 
Clara Howard 
Ford fi Urma 



'mere, TW.UKS. Mm'.’. 



A ' ftfoMovS' 'BaTlet' 
Shaw £ Campbell 
Morris £ Campbell 
Wilfred Clarke Co 
Eddy Duo 
Lou Holtz 

HIPP (afih) 
Rose £ Rosanna 
Rae £ Faulkner 
Reckless Duo 
(Two to fill) 



2a bait" ' 

Harrison £ Burr 
"Love Farm” 

Darrell £ Edwards 
Cycling Brunettes 
(Three to fill) 
Ynneonver, B. O. 

ORPHBUM 
"On High Seas” 
Mibbgs Campbell 
A1 Herman 



PANTAGBS (p) 

B £ H Gordon 
Jue (Juon Tal 
Barney Williams Co 
Navasser Girls 
Selina’s Circus 
Worcester, Hass, 
POLI’S (Ubo) 
Hector 
Eddie Healy 
Josephine £ Brooks 
V £ B Stanton 
Scamp £ Scamp 
2d half 
McRae £ Clegs 
Barry Girls 
McDonald £ Rowland 
Lydia Barry 
Grey £ Old Ross 
PLAZA (ubo) 
Canarls £ Cleo 
Barrett fi White 
Bessie Mack Co 
Ferraro £ Tabbo 
Four Mosconls 
2d half 

Dancing Cronins 
Horn £ Perris 
Mr fi Mrs Sy Payne 
Wood £ Wyde 
Yonkers, N. Y. 
PROCTOR’S (uho) 
Bob Tate Co 
Billy Kelgard 
Jolly Wild fi Dunn 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Belle Sisters 
Bennington £ Scott 
Inman £ Lyons 
"Mr Proxy” 

•7 Glasgow Maids 
York, Pa. 

OPERA HOUSE (ubo) 
Wilson £ Moore 
Honeyboy Minstrels 
Nelson £ Castle 
Eddy 3 
(One to fill) 

2d half 

Lawrence Bros fi Th 
O’Brien fi South Qlrle 
Lloyd fi Whltehouse 
RJalto- r 

(One to fill) 
Yonnsstomi, O. 
HIP (ubo) 

Bert Wheeler Co 
Olga 

LaRoy Lyton Co 
Maurice Burkhard 
Mazte King Co 
Adele Rowland Co 
Leo Zarrell Co 
(One to fill) 




OBITUARY. 



William Morse, known as “Black- 
face Billy Morse,” died of pneumonia 
Sept. 23 at Stern’s Sanatarium, New 
York, after an illness of only a week. 
The deceased had been with “A Night 
in the Trenches." He was 31 years of 
. age. About three weeks ago Mr. 
Morse was mistaken by a New York 
police officer for someone the officer 
was looking for. Before. explanations 
could be made Morse had been roughly 
handled. This, however, it is stated, 
had no bearing on his illness, con- 
tracted later. 

Marie Sorine, a Spanish girl of con- 
siderable beauty, and one of the best 
side-show freaks because she was arm- 
less, died at Coney Island ten days 

I IN FOND RWMEMm tAltfCR ^ ■ 

I MR. BROWN I 

I Father of Clark Brown I 

■ W^ pazaed away Sept 16 th, 1918 . I 

■ Princess Theatre Staff ■ 

— — (Montreal) ■ 

ago of pneumonia. She was 30 years 
of age, and was appearing at the 
Island in Sam Gumpertz’s show. She 
was formerly with the Barnum & 
Bailey Circus. In addition to her arm- 
less condition and good looks she drew 
.attention by her ability to write with 
her feet. 

Alfrad D. Holman, aged 65, died 
Sept. 21 at his home, 572 Talbot street, 
^ndon, Ont., following a lingering 
illness, coupled with a stroke of 
paralysis last week. Mr. Holman was 
a member for years of the Holman 
Opera Company, organized by his 
father, deceased, and had appeared in 
many operas over the U. S. and Can- 
A t sm-vived by one son, Arthur 
A. Holman, now in Chicago, and con- 
nected with theatricals. 

Thomas R. Prior, prominent western 
showmM, died at Venice, Cal., last 
week. The deceased for several years 
managed the hig beach amusements 
around Los Angeles and had control 
of the Ferns Wheel at the Columbia 
Exposition. 

The wife of Verne Hardin Porter 
died last week in Los Angeles after a 
lingering illness. Verne Hardin for 
many ywrs was associate editor of the 
Green Book magazine. 

Tha mother of Frances McGrath died 
I My Devoted Hnsband and Pal I 

I FRANK E. BAMBARD I 

I Who passed away Sept. 27 th, 191 ^ I 

■ May bis soul rest in peace. I 

■ Hla Wife ■ 

|___MAmEjy. BAMBARD | 

of a paralytic stroke while with her 
daughter in St. Paul. The deceased 
was 63 years of age and lived in Hobo- 
ken, where funeral services were held. 

nrfi* Bobby Ryles of the 

Will King musical comedy company, 
San Francisco, died in that city 
Sept. 22. ■ 

“®*Bor of Bernard Wheeler 
(Wheeler and Potter) died at her home 
925 Robinson street, Danville, III., 

-'V-:- r-.-r r... 'v-.-. 

The father of Arthur Frazer (Frazer, 
Ounce and Harding) died in Brooklyn 
Sept. 17. ^ 

The mother of Lou Payton (Payton 
and Hickey) died suddenly in New 
York last week. 



NEW ACTS. 

Billy Hart and His Circus Girls. 

I Jack Boyle and Kitty Bryan, two-act. 
’ _ Serg. Christman, regularly enlisted 

in the Service, novelty act. 

Chalmers and the De Ross Sisters, 
piano and singing (Charles Pierce). 

Fay Bain ter is planning a vaudeville 
plunge, 'tis reported. 

Fred Fenton (Fenton and Green) 
with Sammy Fields in blackface. 

‘‘Perhaps You’re Right," ten people 
(Greorge Choos). • 

“Lay On MacRluff,” by James Horan, 
three people (Lewis Leslie). 

“Love and Kisses,” nine people 
(Marty Brooks). 

“Oddities in Minstrely,” girl act, 
with seven girls and two men. 

Davis and Fitzgibbons (Lew Fitz- 
gibbons), two-act. 

Monte and Avis (formely Monte and 
Ridnor). 

West (formerly Lambert and 
West) and Rita Mack. 

Leon J. Bamberger (Fox Film Corp.) 
left Sept..23 for Camp Greene, N. C. 
Raytnond and Roberts (formerly 
Roberts and Hill), two act. 
The Century Revue,” with four men 
and four women ([Harry Weber). 

Lar^ Comer, single, at the Ameri- 
can, Chicago, this week. 

Webb Sistejrs (with the “Darlings of 
Pans last season) in vaudeville as 
a “sister act.” 

“The Submarine Spy,” with three 
people, produced by Max Spiegel 
(Arthur Klein). 

“Monday Morning,” with eight peo- 
ple. Hal Newport is featured (Bert 
La Mont). 

_ Gus Edwards with four girls, includ- 
mg the Furness Sisters, opening ia 
October (Harry Weber). ’ * 

Ben Deeley with Barbara La Mart 
and Joe King in revival of Deeley’s 
bell-boy act (M. S. Bentham). 

Martha Russell in “Junetime.” Three 
people. Flo and Edna, new sister 
team (Roehm & Richards). 

B®ii Walton (Walter and the Evans 
Girls) now with May Francis, (for- 
merly Kelso and Francis). 

George Spink and Ellen Tate (Mrs. 
Spink) reappearing in act called 
Songs Now and Then.” 

Joe Webb (Webb and Burns) and 
Tony Martin (formerly with A1 
Shayne), two-act. 

VOLUNTEER SHOWS. 

(Continued from. page 8.) 

Booth, of the company, opened the 
performance by singing the national 
anthem. 



U. S. Army General Hospital, No. I, 
New York City, Sept. 20: Solly Cohn 
and Joe Santley, Dunham and Ed- 
wards, Vivian Holt and Lillian Rose- 
dale, Harris and Morey, Dorothy Toye, 
Jimmy Lucas with Billie Frisch, Polly 
Moran, Prince and Butt, Halsey Mohr 
and May Field. 

Ellis Islan^ Sept. 21 : Rae Mann, 
Bradley and Brown Duo, Jimmy Clark 
and Co. 

cV- I’ General Hospital, Fox Hills, 
S. I^ Sept 23: Halsey Mohr and May 
Field, Toby Claude, William Smythe, 
pottle Dimples and Baby Behan. 
Maude Raymond, Rae Mann, Polly 
Moran’ Astor Sisters, Willie Weston. 

U S. A. Embarkation Hospital, No, 
3, Hoffman Island, Sept 23: Bill same 
given same day at the U. S. Genera! 
Hospital. 

t 7 iP‘ Army Debarkation Hospital, 
Ellis Island, Sept. 24: Con Conrad, 

• MrSs ..Tgm . .Lewia, Dottie., Dimples, and^ 
S Behan, Jack and Dora Crisp, 
Polly Moran, Lillian Bradley, Musette, 
Halsey Mohr and May Field 
U. S.Army Embarkation Hospital, No. 
L Hookben, N. J.; Katherine Bradley 
and Adele Brown, Eugene Klausman, 
Bernard Tno. George Nagel, “Pay As 
You Enter” Co., Mabel Rivers Schuler. 
Paisley Noon with Eddie Moran. 







VARIETY 



25 



IN THE ^ ^ ^ ^ 

(Continued from page 8.) 
band there, playing the slide trom- 
bone. ' . ' 

Jack Ball (L-KO) and Frank Mock 
(L-KO) have enlisted, the former in 
the Tank Corps and Mock for limited 
service. 

Jack Halloway (publicity man for 
Diando) joined the Merqhant Marines, 
having formerly held a mate’s license 
on the Atlantic. * ' 

Charles Thorpe, and not Cliff Hess, 
as reported in VAniETr last week, was 
the accompariiest with. Blossorn Seeley 
who was ordered to report at Camp 
Upton, L. I., Sept. 18. 

Lieut. Ted Shawn, who received his 
commission at the., recent Officers’ 
Training Camp at Camp Freemontj has 
been ordered to' Gamp Kearny. >He 
will act as physical instructor. 

Malcolm S. Boylan (publicity direct- 
or. Universal) is at Camp Qearney, 
awaiting a call for the Signal Corps, 
where he will take up the work of 
war photographer. 

C. Sharpe Minor (organist - at the 
Rialto, San Francisco, for several 
years) has been, appointed a first lieu- 
tenant, and takes charge of the band 
of the 40th Artillery Corps it Fort 
Winfield Scott. . 

- Some of New York’s picture publicar 
tion men are now in Service.. Condon, 
of the “Photoplay Magazine,” has been 
at Camp Upton for several weeks. 
Watts, of the “Telegraph," has been 
called to selective service, as also has 
Kelly of the “News.” 

Oscar Cooper, formerly managing 
editor of the “Exhibitors’ Trade Re- 
view,” has joined the army and will 
enter the infantry officers’ training 
school at Camp Lee, Va (He will be 
succeeded on the “Review” by Charles 
E. Hastings.) 

Connie Nichel and George King, 
vaudeville, who recently did a turn 
at Chester Park, Cincinnati, are to be 
Y. M. C. A, secretaries. They have 
been ordered to hold themselves in 
readiness to leave for France in 
October. - 

W. McMaster, one of the very first 
of Pershing’s, troopers to receive an 
honorable discharge because of in- 
juries and unable to return to service, 
is in J^ew York and last week engaged 
with William Shilling to replace Cor- 
poral Bittner in Shilling’s act, “On the 
Western Front.” 

Corinpe Fibbe, a player at the Cin- 
cinnati Little ■'^Playhouse last winter, 
has been enrolled as a nurse in St. Vin- 
cent’s Hospital, New. York. - She took a 
three months’ nursing course at the 
Cincinnati General Hospital last year 
and expects going to France for active 
service. 

Sergt. Louis Galeshkow, Fedinburg 
Rankin and George Purcell, former 
members of the Russian Symphony and 
New York Philharmonic Orchestras, at 
present in France with the U. S. Army, 
form part of a “jazz band” that is pro- 
viding music for the boys back of the 
lines. 

A. L. Bowers (property man, Jose 
theatre, San Jose, Cal.) at Camp Lewis. 

Harry Western Frenyear, brother of 
Mabel Frenyear, is at the officers’ 
training school at Fort Slocum. His 
father, Edward Lafayette Frenier, was 
one of Custer’s warrior-s in the pioneer 
days. 

Capt. James B. McKOwen (the Chi- 
cago agent), formerly a first lieutenant 
attached to the 342nd Inf., Camp Grant, 
111., has been transferred from Chicago 
to the 73rd Infantry at Camp Devens, 
Ayer, Mass. Capt. McKowen was in 
New York recently, en route to his 
new command. He expects toTSe sail- 
ing overseas shortly. 

at Camp Syracuse, N. Y., for limited 
service, and are appearing in vaude- 
ville shows staged at the camp under 
the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. Among 
the new arrivals are T. J.. Bagley, who 
admits he’s the fourth greatest ven- 
triloquist in the world, and B. Posner, 
violinist. 

Lieut. William Woolfenden in a let- 



ter received in . New York this week 
says fhat : early in August while in an 
attack, he was hit on the forehead by 
shrapnel It removed half of an eye- 
brow, but the Lieutenant returned to 
action. He is now with the 30th Inf. 
(regular army), 3rd Division, Amer. E. 
F; France. ' 

Mrs. Lillian Klein, widow of the late 
Charles Klein, received a letter this 
week from her son, Philip Klein, in- 
forming her he has been promoted to 
a first lieutenancy on the field of 
battle. When the war. began Philip 
Klein, formerly A. H. Woods’ London 
representative, enlisted in the ambu- 
lance corps as a private. For his dis- 
.tinction in service Klein has been given 
command of Section 524, A. E. F., 
Ambulance Corps, with the rank of 
lieutenant. Nathatf Burkan, the Klein 
attorney, has posted the letter op the 
Lambs* bulletin board. 

Jo Swerling (Swing) of VABiaTV’s 
Chicago staff, who enlisted in the navy 
several months ago and was furloughed 
to permit him to finish some Irlerary 
work, including one play which he 
wrote and another in which he col- 
laborated, joined the service at (Sreat 
Lakes, 111., Monday as a second-class 
seaman. The officials there assigned 
him for the present , to work on the 
Great Lakqs “Bulletin,” the publica- 
tioil at' that naval post. Swerling was 
accepted only for limited service 
because of defective sight. He con*' 
tributes the fourth service star for 
the flag of VABiBTr’s Chicago office. 






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Arnold Margaret (C) 
Asch Sam (C) 

AUbrey Burt (0) 
Ayer Grace (0) 

B 

Baker Leah' 

Baker Marlon 
Baldwin Anna 
Baldwin Raymond (C) 
Ball Ruth (C) 

Barley Pearl 
Barnes Stuart 
Barnett Mrs A 
Barth Lee 
Barton Chas 
Basalt Jack 
Baxley Jack (C) 
Beasley June 
Bell Herb (0) 
Beilclaire (0) 

Bell & Bva 
Bellmonte Harry 
Belmont Roso 
Bennett M>d 0 
Bennett Bra 
Bennett John 
- Bennett- Murray - 
Bernard Mike 
Beyer Ben 
Blanchard Oliftoh 
Blondell Bd (SF) 
Buddy Richard 
Booth Hope 
Boudler Paulette 
Brocks 

Brandon Francis 
Breman Bobby 
Brlerry Maurice 
Byiggs Mrs F A 



Brinkman Bmest (0) 
Brown Ada 
Bruce Ernie (SF)' 
Buckley Irving 
Buckner Arthur 
Burnett Babe 



Cagwln Mary 
Carey Jas 
Carlta Miss (0) 
Carlson J W 
Cavanagh Mfs Barle 
Clare Ida 
Cassadon Robt (0) 
Clifton & Dale (0) 
Coffman Jerry 
Cohan Chas . 

Coley C A 
Conlee Ethel 
Cook Emma 
Cooper Harry 
Cornell Ed 
Creighton Fred 
Creighton Fred (C) 
Creighton Jim 
Curthbert Rupert 
Cusick Faye (C) 

D 

Dailey Lu 

Darrell. Hilgarde (C) 
Darsy & Mack (CX 
Daves Arthur 
Davis Frank 
Deane Bobbie (SF) 
Decker Paul (0) 
DeCoe Harry 
DeCoursey Alfred 
DeQrant Oliver 
Dedroff Blance 
, DeHollls Wm (SF) 
Delaney Helen 
Delauney Miss M 
DeLlsIo Billy 
Delmar Marie 
DeWinters Jack 
Dockson Breljrn 
Dockstader Eleanor 
Dodge Wm ■ — 
Downing Harry 
Driscoll Cecil 
Downing Allen 
Duan Allan (SF) 
•DuBols Nellie (0) 
Dudley Alice 
DuFell Frank 
D'apres-Bob’-fC-)” 



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Earl Bess 
Earl Wheeler 
Earle Chas 
Earle Cronlne 
Early Pearl (0) 
Egant 

Elliott Miss 3 
Emerson Chas 
Emmett J K 
English Lillian 




KENNEDT 



THE MERRIEST COMEDIENNE 



IN EXCLUSIVE SONGS BY 
WILUAM B. FIUEDIJ^ 
MONOLOGUE HER OWN CONCEPTION 



Frances Kennedy 
Sparkles on Star 
Bill at Empress 



’ "Smile, dam y*u, smUel" So Frances Ken- 
nedy rage her menlment, and JSimprcss patrons 
broaden their features from a oomplaetaat grin: 
to bursUng laughter. Miss Kennedy, a bundle 
of pen and joy, with a whole lot of talent thrown 
in, is the top star of the half dozen who sparkle 
at the opening for the new seaaon of the Empress. . 
Diere’s something about bfiss Kennedy's brand 
- of .stuff that is ainoere. When she talks about 
' her brothers in BVanoe you sort of fad that this 
is no bunoimbe, and When die asks evetybo^,. 
to sing— well, a lot of old duffers with oaoked 
voices couldn't resist yesterday. Fersomdlty la 
trite talk, but nothing else just fits thei Kennedy.' 
style. Her personality sort of spreads itself Over 
the house and gathers in the grouches aad. the 
sad onea Her songs sro wtnnors, and bet com- 
edy chatter at the card table Is Jammed with 
funlsms. 

—Qrand Rapida "Herald,” Sept. 3. 



Vou nurrlcdi men and badtdois. don't fdl to 
obseiva bow Misa Frances Kennedy (who. in bur 
humble opinion, should bo tbo headliner) ropro- 
ducM the scandal mondog at a mocic party- 
hen party, aa it Is known In vulgar parlance. 
The young woman who might be called "The 
Lady Who Goes to the Theatre With Mtf’— 
except for the fact that (Jhaunlng PoUodc appre- 
. priated the title^flnt^-says that hUss K^edy 
is letter-perfeot in this sort of chatter; and It 
is veiy iatereatlng to a mige male to got a poop 
mto the ^steries of Ute femlnlno oonyetsatlon. 
.‘'Hiss Kennedy la a maghotlo young peraon, and 
she coaxed a Keith audience laat night into; Bing- 
ing severiri. war songs. 

— Gotambas ',‘0eapat«b,*' Sept. i^. 

FltANCES KENNEDT milkes horaeif ’^pldar 
with her persistent cheerfulness and songs'hbout 
"Smile, amlle, smile: it's bom right, ini ’em." 

- This singing oomodlenno is the bright spot on 
tbo blU and- had the first. AlnhCors going iwlUr 
‘ her ImttaUOn of a woman at an aftomoon tea. 
which is a scream. - 

—Toledo "Blade," Sept. 10. 



HARRY WEBERg Eastern Representative 
SIMONS AGENCY, Western Representative 



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Evans Mrs Q 
Evans Lillian 

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Faber A1 
Faber & Harras 
Fay Eva 
- Faye Elale 
Fernandez Dot 
Fennell Carrie 
Fennlng H A 
Ferguson Dick 
Fiebaok Frances \ 
Fllmore Nellie 
Fleming Kathleen 
Folsom Bobby (C) 
Fontaine Aider 
Forbes Marlon 
Force & Williams 
Ford -Marg 
Ford Mabel (C) 

Ford Max 
Ford Pearl 
Ford Ray 
Forrester Sid 
Franza Joan 
Frazier Billy 
Freeborn Mrs H 
French B 
Futcb Dan 

O 

Gallaway Mrs L 
Galdls Mile (C) 
Qartan Mae 
Gay 

Germaine Flo (0) 
Gilbert & Clayton 
Gilbert £ Clayton (0) 
Gill Cliff , 

Glenn Myrtle 
Goelet Vera 



Gould Miss V 
Grace Sis 
Graham W T 
Green Billy 
Green Jim (C) 
Griffin Pete 
Guest A1 
Guest A1 (0) 
Gulron John 

H 

Halbach Mrs W 
Hall May 
Hallo Eunice (0) 
Hannon Wm 
Hart Diamond (0) 
Hart Hazel 
Haywood Ella 
Hearn Julia (0) 
Hendler H (0) 
Henrisb 
Herman Sam 
Hewett Mildred 
Hlgley Ball 
Hiller Frank 
Hines Cissy 
Holbrook Flo 
Howard 'V’irglna 
Hubboll Rita (0) 
Hughes Flo 
Hume Geo (0) 



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Gordon 'J H 

Gordon Marie 
Gorman Bros 



Illman Wm (C) 



Jackson Jean & Babe 
Jackson Harry 
Jamison Leslie (0) 
Johnson Mr 
Jones Will 
Jordon Davey (C) 
Jordan Irene 
. Joseph Mra .M 

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Kalll David 



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Kalll Louise 
Kay Clause 
Kaymore Hazel 
Keane John 
Keene & Walsh 
Kell Jack (O) 
Kelley Siauso 
Kelly Ed (0) 

Kelly Walter (0) 
Kellner Mrs M (0) 
Kelmera 

Kennedy Miss B 
Kennedy Jack 
Kennedy Mrs P J 
Kennls Mae 
Kerner Otto 
Klbel Jules 
King & Wyse (0) 
Klngloy Ethel - 
Kitamura H T 
Knowles & Hurst 
Koppe Sol 
Kramer Mae 
Kramer £ Morton 
Kross Rose (C) 



LaCoste Alice 
LaFarra Reba (C) 
LaOrange Yvonne 
Lamadrid Nlta 
LaMar Leona 
Lamb Alex 
Lambert Beatrice 
Lambert Miss N 
Lambert Natalie (C) 
Lapadwin-Wm 
LaRocca Roxy 
LaRoso & .Lane 
Laskey Lottie 
Laufmann Leo 
LaWall Frank 
Lawronno Miss M 
, .Lazfts. - i- 

LeCmint Bessie 
Loffoll 

Leighton Bert 
Ulthold F 0 
Llewellyn Goo (0) 
Lombey Mr ft Mrs J 
Leon 

Leonard Olivo 
Levy Louise 
Lewis B 
Lewis J 
Liewls Richard 



Lewis Sbirkey 
Libonettl J 
Lockhart Mabel 
Lubln Lew (0) 

Lyster A1 

M 

Macart W K 
MacDonald Davidson 
Mack Anna 
Mack NBlllle 
Mack Map 
Mack Mae 
Maddlson Ralph 
Malle Ed 
Mandol Lolllo 
Manley ft Gordon 
Marontette A1 
Marley Jack 
Martcll Fay 
Maskeo Ralph 
Mason ft Cole 
Mathews B 
Mundol Miss L 
Maxime Miss M 
May Doris 
May Evelyn 
Mayberry Ann (0) 
Maynard Dot 
McConnell ft Simpson 
McFnddcn Geo 
McQunls Mrs F 
MoHan V F (0) 
McKinley Noll 
McMann Harry 
McNamara Toddy 
Melba Flo 
Melburn B E 
Mejvern Babe 
Moivcm Grace 
Mercer Vefa 
Merrill Bessie 
'Morrill Wm 
Millard Bros 
■ ■Mllhaff - ■ - 

Miller. Bertie 
Miller Earl 
Miller Fred 
Miller Thos (SF) ' 
Mills .Too 
Mills Robert 
Minus Bud 
Mltcboll Mario (C) 
Mookoy Miss E 
Monahan Mrs Wm (0) 
Monroe Chauncey 
Montague U (0) 








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Moatambo N 
Montgomery L 8 
Montrose & Allen 
Monty Lou 
Moore Billy 
Moore Fred 
Moran & Wiser 
Morrell Maudle 
Morreey T P 
Morrette Sis (0) 
Mortimer Robert 
Morris & Sherwood 

Morton Qoo ■ 

Mowatt Tom (O) 
Mulrey Jay 
Mulvey Ben 
Mumlord Bd 
Murdock Japle 
Murll Miss I 
Murphy Mrs A 
Murphy Babe 
Murphy Bob 
Murphy MyrtlB 



Newman Ralph 
Newman Wm 
Newmans (0) 
Newton Billie 
Noble Herman 



O’Connell Hugh 
O’Donnell Ohas (0) 
Oldham Clifford (€) 
Olds 

Orton Sam 



Palmore Lew (0) 
Parke Bmlly 
Pate Myrtle 
Patterson Bobbie 
Patsy Leah (0) 
Paulette Louise 
Pearson Harry 
Perclval Mabel 
Perkoff Arthur 
Perry Qeo 
Phllloot Marg 
Phillips Robert 
Potter Hay (0) 
Potter Wm 
Pratt H 



Scott A Wallace (SF) 
Seoklnger Miss P . 
Seldlea HaiW 
Sellgsoa Maurice 
Selble & LUlte CO)‘: 
Shaefer , 

Sbahler Fred 
Shaw & Campbell 
Shae P I- 
Sheeban Jack 
Shelley Eflle ' 

Shepard Sam 
Sherwood Arthur 
Sherwood Marie 
Shilling 
Shirley Rita 
Sbtrll Rives 
Simpson Nance 
Skipper Kennedy (0) 
Smith Frank 
Smith & Kaufman 
Smith Mrs 8 . 

Stafford Harry 
Stanley Babe 
Stark Cliff 
Stephen Murray 
Sterling Kathryn 
Stockbam Bdlth 
Stoddart Mrs 
Stone Miss H 
Stone Pearl 
Strength Jules 
Stuart Austin 
Sturts M 

Sullivan Frances (0) 
Sullivan Jas 
Sully Bstelle 
Sussman Lillian 
Sutton Brad 
Swain Hal 
Swift Fred 



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Reeves A1 30 Oayety Omaha Neb T'Gayety 
Kansas City Mo. 

"Roseland Qlrls” SO Lyric Dayton 7 Olympic 
Cincinnati. 

“Sight Sews" 80 L O 7 Oayety "St Louis. 

"Social Pollies” 80 National Winter Garden 
New York 7 Trocadero Philadelphia. 

“Social MaldB” 80 ^yety Pittsburgh 7-9 Part 
Youngstown 1-12 Grand Akron O. 

"Speedway Girls” 30 Oayety Mlntfeapolla 7 
Star St Paul. . 

“Sporting Widows’’ SO L O 7 Orpheum Pater- 
son. 



“Best Show In Town” 80 Corinthian Rochester 
7-0 Bastahle Syraonse 10-12 Lumberg Utica 
: N Y. ■ 



"Orientals” 30 Garden Buffalo 7 Empire Cleve- 
land. 



T 

Tnito Tatsn 
Tate Otto (C) 

Taub Max 
Taylor MIsa A 
Taylor Blva 
Vera & Wilson (0) 
Vert Hasel (O) 
Tice Lillian 
Tracy Roy 
Tucker CO' 
Turple Albert 



“Blue Birds” 80 Epgelwood Chicago 7 Crown 
Chicago. 

"Bon Tons" 80 Casino Brooklyn 7 L 0. 

“Bostonians" 80 Oayrty Montreal 7 Empire 
Albany. 

"Bowerys’* 30 Orpheum Paterson 7 Majestic 
Jersey City. 

“Broadwhy Belles” 80 Victoria Pittsburgh 7 
Penn Circuit 

“Burl^ue Review’’ 80 Majestic Jersey City. 
7. Peoples Philadelphia. ' 

“Burlesque Wonder Show” 80 Peoples Phila- 
delphia 7 Palace Baltimore. Md. 

"Cheer Up America" 30 Palace Baltimore Md 
7 Oayety Washlnston D C. 

"Follies of Day” 80 Empire Newark '7 Casino 
Philadelphia. 

"Follies of Plraeure’’ 80 Empire Hoboken 7 
Star Brooklyn. 

"French Prollce” 30-1 Cort Wheeling W Va 7 
Victoria Pittsburgh. 

"Frolics of Night” 30 Lyceum Washington D 
C 7 Oayety Philadelphia. 

"Girls de Looks” 80-2 Park Bridgeport 7 Co- 

. lonlal Providence R I. 

“Oirls from Follies" 80-1 Watertown. 2-8 Os- 
wego 4-5 Inter Niagara Falls N Y 7 Star 
Toronto. 

"Oirls from Joyland” 30 Star Brooklyn 7 
Olympic Now York. 

"Oirls of U S A” 80 Star Cleveland 7 Empire 
Toledo. 

"Golden Crook" 30 Gayefy Buffalo 7 Corin- 
thian Rochester.' 



"Pace Makers" 30 Oayety Baltimore Md 7 Ly- 

, ceum Washington DC. ■ 

“PaHs by Night” OQ^Crown Chicago 7 Oayety 
Milwaukee. ’ 

"Parisian Flirts” 30 Worcester Worcester Mass 
7 Oayety Brooklyn. 

Winners” 30 Trocadero Philadelphia 
10-12 Broadway Camden N J; 

“Pirates” 30 Oayety Louisville Ry 7 Lyceum 
Columbus O. 

"Puss Pubs” 30 Oayety St Louie 7 Star A Gar- 
ter Chicago. 

"^zzle Dazzle” SO Star Toronto 7 Garden 
Buffalo. 

"I^cord Breakers” 30 Penn Circuit 7 Oayety 
■Baltimore Md. - 



"Star A Garter” SO HurUg A Beamon’s New 
York 10-12 Park Bridgeport. 

"Step Lively O.'rls” 30 Columbia Netv York 7 
-Empire Brooklyn. 

Sydell Rose 30 VSayety Toronto 7 Oayety Buf- 

falOL 

“Tempters” 30 Star St Paul 7 Oayety- Sioux 
City la. . 

"Trail Hitters” 80 Olymplo New York 7 011- 
more Springfield Mass. 

"20th Century Maids" 30 Oayety Detroit 7 
Oayety Toronto. 

Watson Billy 30-2 Bastahle Syracuse 3-5 Lum- 
berg UUca N Y 7 Oayety Montreal. 

Welch Ben 30 Columbia Chicago 7 Oayety De- 
troit. 

White Pai 30 Century Kansas City Mo 7 Stan- 
dard St Isiuls. 

Williams Mollle 30, ..Jacques Waterbury Conn 
7 Hurtlg A Seamen’s New York. 

"World Beaters” 30. Lyceumi ^ Columbus 7-8 
Cort Wheeling W Va. ■ 



CHICAGO 



VARIETY’S CHICAGO OFFICE, Majestic Theatre Bldg. 



, Jack Hollaway has Joined the “Pleasant 
Inn," a musical tab. 



R 

Rabinovich J 
Rae A Wynn 
Raymond Qeo 
Reid Qeo 
Renwiok Rena 
Rice Andy 
Rico A Warner 
Riley Joe 
Robinson Steve 
Romanos 
Ronaud Earl (0) 
Rozelloa 
Ruesell Flo 
Runyan Helen (0) 
Ryan Dolph 



Valll Muriel (O) 
Van Aken Alex 
Van Aken Anna 
Van Oleef Irene 
Vane Sybil 
Van Horn Jean 
Vann Helen 
Verga Nick 
Verona Counteea . 
Vincent Bllnore 
Voss Judith 



"Grown-Up Babies” 29-80 Grand Terro Haute 
1-5 Majestic Indianapolis Ind 7 Oayety 
Louisville Ky. 

Hastingra Harry 30 Orand Hartford 7 Jacques 
Waterbury. 

"Hello America” 80 Oayety Kansas City Mo 
7 L O, • 

"Hello Pareo” 30 Oayety Sioux City la 7 Cen- 
tury Kansas City Mo. 

"High Flyers” 80 Majestic Scranton 7-8 Arm- 
ory Binghamton 0-12 Hudson Scbenectady 
NY. ' 

"Hip Hip Hurrah" 80 Empire Albany 7 Oayety 
Boston. 

Howe Bam 30 Casino Philadelphia 7 Miner's 
Bronx Now York. 

"Innocent Malde’’ 30 Oayety Brooklyn 1 Na- 
tiond Winter Garden Now York. 

Irwin’s "Big Show" 80 Miner’s Bronx New 
York 7 Casino Brooklyn. 

"Jolly Girls” 80 Neeblt Wilkes-Barre 7 Ma- 
jestic Scranton Pa. 

Kelly Lew 80 Empire Brooklyn 7 Empire New- 

“Liberly Oirls” 30 Colonial Providence R I 7 
Casino Boston. 

"Lid Lifters" 30 Oayety Milwaukee 7 Oayety 
Minneapolis. 

"Maids of America” 80 Oayety Washington D 
C 7 Oayety Pittsburgh. 

"Majesties” 30 Empire Toledo 7 Lyric Dayton. 

Marlon Dave 30 Oayety Boston 7 Orand Hart- 
ford. ' „ - 

"Merry Rounders" 80-2 Park Youngstown 3-6 
Grand Akron 7. Star Cleveland 0. 

"Midnight Maidens’’ 30 Empire Cleveland 7 
Cadillac Detroit. 

Onyety,.Phllad 

7-0 Broadway Camden 10-12 Camp Dlx 
Wrlghtstown N J. 

"Military Maids” 30 Standard St Louis 6-7 
Grand Terre Haute 8-12 Majestic Indian- 
apolis Ind. 

“Million Dollar Dolls” 30 Olymplo Cincinnati 
7 Columbia Chicago. 

"Mischief Makers” 30 Howard Boston 7 
Worcester Worcester Mass. 

"Monto Carlo Olrle" SO Qilmore Springfield 
Mass 7 Howard Boston. 

"Oh Oirls" 80 Oayety Boston 7 Columbia Now 
York. 



Salto T 

Saunders Georgia 
Saunders John 
Bautley Joseph 
Saxon Chas 
Saxon Pauline 
Saxon Terry (0) 
Saxon Tresaa 
Schoenberger R (0) 
Schrawn Clara 



W 

Ward Billy (0) 
Ward Larry 
Wellman Emily 
Weir Phil (0) 
Wheeler Dick 
Whitehead Ralph 
Whltyler Robert 
Willard Tom 
Williams Dot 
Williams F 0 
Williams Peggy 
Woods Joe • 

Wood Ollle 
Wright J F (0) 



BURLESQUE ROUTES 



(Smt. 30 and Oct. 7.) 

“‘Ameficahs*'' w-1 *"Amdry ' ■B'lngliamt<)n""2-5 ' ' 
Hudson Schenectady 7-8 Watertown 9-10 Os- 
wego 11-12 Inter Niagara Palls N Y. 

"Auto Girls" 4-0 Broadway Camden 7-10 Camp 
Dlx Wrlghtstown 11-12 Orand Trenton N J. 

"Aviators” 30 Cadillac Detroit 7 Engolwood 
Chicago. 

"Beauty Revue” 30-8 Camp Dlx Wrlghtstown 
4-6 Grand Trenton 7 Empire Hoboken N J. 

“Beauty Trust" 20-1 BOrChel Des Moines la 7 
Oayety Omaha Nob. 

Behman Show 80 Star & Garter Chicago 6-7 
Berchel Dos Moines la. 



Flo Jacobson (Wttmark forces) has re- 
ceived a lieutenancy as an instructor of me- 
chanics and motors of the automobile squad 
now stationed at the municipal pier. 



Susan Given, local society girl, baa been 
engaged by A. Washington .Pezet -for the 
Great Northern Players, giving tabloid stock 
at the Hippodrome. 



Harry Santley, general assistant to Frank 
Q. Doyle and booking manager In the Loew 
western offlcee, la now connected with the 
Schallman Bros. 



Deeplte cold weather business was good at 
the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus at Grant Park, 
proceeds of which are to be devoted to the 
Stage Women’s War Relief. 



MAJESTIC (William O. Tiedale, mgr.; Or- 
pheum ). — A tragedy at the first Monday show. 



Orace Mafcia liowie eopranolng, delivered the 
beet cello music available in these parts, while 
Elsa Ryan amused in her one-act comedy, en- 
titled "Peg for Short." The sketch was writ- 
ten by Dion . Tltheradge. It le a clever little 
thing, and eo Is Elsa. She le ably supported 
by Rodney Ranous, who doesn't overplay an 
explorer-adventurer-author, one of the hard- 
est roles than can be handed to a male actor. 
Following the Bketch Miss Ryan made a little 
curtain speech which was as good as the 
sketch. And then ebe offered to donate 85 
to Bome charity in payment for having to 
listen to her speak. She called for volun- 
teers to get the five, and It was duly turned 
over to the Stage Women's War Relief. It’s 
a good stunt, this paying the audience to 
listen to speeches, and should be taken up 
by authors and after-dinner speakers. Bert 
Melroee, next, piled up four tables, one on 
another, then put a chair on top of all the 
tables, eat on the chair, teetered, and finally 
fell off. The audience howled. 

Elizabeth Murray was handed a great bou- 
quet of flowers after her true and time-tried 



CORRESPONDENCE 



Unleaa otherwise noted!, the following reports are for the carrent wedL 



Marshall Montgomery lost his trunk and was 
forced to eliminate hie ventrlloqulal offering, 
eagerly awaited by the audience. Montgomery 
came out In street clothes and contented him- 
self (but not the house) by offering a few 
gaga and hie 'Whistling specialty. He was 
given applause for what he might have done 
If his trunk had not been lost. The show 
opened with Gaits Brothers, who advertise 
- thomsslveE-as bevlng ■ “entertalaed' ovfls= a 4iun.r . 
dred thousand wounded soldiers In England" ; 
they entertained a bouse full of healthy civ- 
ilians with their unusually good stepping. 
Their big number la a fast and mighty synco- 
pated clog. Lawrence Grant and Co., In the 
Greenwich Village Theatre sketch? "Efflclenoy,” 
thrilled the audience with the picture of the 
mechanical soldier created by the mloplo 
vision of German science. They cheered feel- 
ingly when the creature of the, court eclentist 
Blew the head Hohenzollem with his steel 
hands. A couple of Eleas followed. Elsa Rueg- 
ger, with. Edmund Lichtenstein oondpotlng and 



offering, “Says I to Meself, Say I, Says I,” 
and her bit of the chorus girls bewailing the 
loss of their Johns on account of the war 
registered specially well. La Bernicla, a 
youthful ballerina, toe-danced for the closing, 
assisted by a couple of good-looking young 
white women and an Indian lady who played 
the harp. The act Is well set and merits a 
more 'advantageous position. Sming, 

,,,,.,,,RALAC.E..(.Qrphcun>,;,.J^ 

A singing and dancing bill that whizzed along 
with almost no flat spots. The audience 
worked hard, and show-stoppers were born 
on the spot with every second finale. 



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The Taylor Trio opened with extraordinarily 
novel and neat work on the wire, an act of 
.skill and fleet dexterity. Quinn and Caverly, 
a duo slightly miscast for first class vaude- 
ville, followed. 'With hokum that wouldn’t 
know its own father because It Is eo ancient, 
with naval uniforms, a Yank eubmarine set, 
the Stare and Stripes In view, maudlin threats 
against the Kaiser In a parody at the end and 

















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Years. Keith’s Royal, New York, This Week (Sept. 23) 



THE GIRL WHO DELIVERS SONGS 
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BootexI SoUd U. B. O. Direction, MAX HART 

Keith’s Alhambra, Next Week (Sept. 30) 



barely naesed. They need an eon and Inez Plummer, In Paul Dicl{ey^~“The 

Lincoln Highwayman,*’ furnlehed the bill’s 
in Harrie, the elongated and ekotch; very speedy, melodramatic and grlp- 

comedlenne whose voice is un> ping, with a surprise kick at the tall— the 

!fora Bayes’ and whose form Is old kind, where the supposed bandit turns 

ce Charlotte Greenwood’s, the out to be the secret service inan. Went big. 

a getting Its -money back. Miss Shelton Brooks, the Chicago entertainer and 
a terrific bit with her measured song writer, drew next to closing on this 

rical diffidence and spanking brilliant bill, assisted by a fat colored gent 

anging melodied lyrics across. named Ollie Powers. Brooks is true to the 

' clear enunciation, repose and traditions of his race in metho.d and mate!- 

fits anywhere. rial— all darky. His nlggerlsms tore off loud 

d Ball weren't a bit afraid to laughs. His songs yanked the hands to- 
loro songs. Ball’s lovable per- gether and kept them biffing, and hie slow, 

Maude’s easy delivery, together draggy dances with Powers beating the life 

r of Bali’s newest songs and out of a snare drum, unmasked a battery of 

)S, took the pair handily to the applause. . 

I they put over a sweet and Sterling Marguerite Trio, a misguided com- 
I "Boy o' Mine,’’ a mother song pany which tries to do something out of its 

e resonantly sung by Miss Lam- class, closed. The opening is in "one" with 

mezzo. Ball shook the house the man and both girls singing and dancing. 

If It Takes Ten Million More," Neither can either sing or dance, and this is 

challenge to the Hun. after vaudeville’s best has sung and danced 

Kane, a pretty but masculine through a whole bill. Then one of the girls 

une Edwards and Peggy Smith, comes back and shrieks a number and dances 

one of the bill. Their set is a i h chorus or two of it. The whole house, 
sntal conceits and futurist color what was left of it by then, merely smiled. 

girls are exquisitely trained. When the act did go into full stage and 

1 vivacious. Du Kano is grace- show its trapeze and bar work, its real busl- 

ome to the feminine clan. He ness, everything was floating smoothly, when 

r remarkable ekating dance in the misdirected soubrot again stepped in and 

would bo stronger if he didn’t began to cavort.. There weren’t 20 in their 

for it is ' more notable as a seats when the drop came down. This is 

t is as an imitation. Sidney a case of a typical dumb act committing sul- 

Lcts) followed. William L. Gib- clde trying to be musical comedy. v Lait. 



BURBANK (Chas. Onken, mgr.).— Vaude- 
ville and pictures. 



LOS ANGELES 



Julia Blanc has retired from the “Up in the 
Air" cast. Bessie Tannehlll succeeds her. 

Things must b^ looking up for (be local 
Pantages. The exterior of the house nas been 
refurnished. 



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PANTAGES THEATRE BUILDING 



ORPHEUM (Chas. E. Bray, gen. mgr.; 
agent, direct). — 23, Mile. Dazie and Co., re- 
peated successfully; Lina Reggiana. pleasing; 
Barto and Clark, clever; Maria Lo, good pos- 
ing turn; Willie Solar, funny; Kennedy and 
Rooney, entertaining; Cole and Denehy, got 
laughs; Gilbert and Friedland, held over for 
third week, hit. 

PANTAGES (Carl Walker, mgr. ; agent, 
direct). — 23, Blackface Eddie Ross, scream; 
Andbrson and Ream, prejtentious ; Bert La 
Monte, pleasing; Mahoney and Rogers, well 
received ; "Fashions de Vogue," good ; "Ocean 
Bound” (Joseph Phillips), fine act for women. 

HIPPODROME (A. L. Bernstein, mgr. ; 
agent, Ackermann-Harris) — ^23, Selblna and 
Glovlnl, got away nicely; Harry Reynolds, 
applauded; Fletcher and Terre, hit; "Days of 
Long Ago," got over big; Laymon-Cruzon & 
Andelon, received applause ; Bernard and 
Myers, filled nicely. 

MOROSCO (Donald Bowles, mgr.), — "Mary’s 
Ankle" (first week). 



Dave Manly Is handling the business affairs 
at the Burbank Theatre. 

The Mason is enjoying a period of dark 
webks. 



It is doubtful if vaudeville will be put into 
the Majestic. ' Sometime ago it was announced 
that the Western States Vaudeville Associa- 
tion had taken over the house, but so far noth- 
ing has materialized. 

Cullen Landis, formerly film player. Is now 
with the Morosco stock. 

Alonzo Price, who staged "Up in the Air," 
has left for New York to assist Arthur Ham- 
merstein in the production of his musical play. 
“Somebody’s Sweetheart." 

Molly McIntyre Is en route east. She has 
been succeeded as leading woman at the Mo- 
rosco by Florence Malone. 



Here’s 
That Big 
New York 
Production 



By STEPHEN S. CHAMPLIN 



NEXT WEEK (Sept 30-2) PROCTOR’S 5TH4VE., New York 

MANAGERS INVITED Direction, 

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BOOKED SOLID WITH THE U. B. O, 

This Week (Sept. 23). PRINCESS, MONTREAL 
HELD OVER second week account of unusual success. 

Fi^T APPEARS! IN NEW 

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ORPHEUM (Fred Henderson, gen. mgr.; 
agent, direct). — 23, Pleasing singing bill, lack- 
ing comedy. Plorenze Tempest, class ; appreci- 
ated. Mrs Thomas Whitten & Co., well received. 
Eddie Foyer, scored. Beasye Olltford, closed 
eucccBStully. Clark and Bergman, bit ; doing 
extra “bit" la "one” eliminating stage wait for 
following turn, stopping show completely, 
Stella Tracey and Carl McBride, well liked. 
Throe Kitaro Bros., opened very good. Florrle 
Mlllership, Charles O’Connor & Co. In “The 
Girl on the Magazine," scored nicely. 

PANTAGES (Burton Myor, mgr.; ageat, di- 
rect).— 23, Pair bill. Jose Serrano’s Spanish 
Dancers, gorgeous costumes ; effectively staged 
turn which headlined successfully. “A Mile a 
Minute" passed on spectacular finish scenlcally, 
DoMlchelle Brothers, did well. Wlnton Bros., 
opened good. "At the Pox Race,” with Billy 
Hooper and Howard Burkhart, pleased. 

CASINO (Lester Fountain, mgr. ; agent, 
Aokerraann-Harrls). — 23, Ordinary bill. “The 
Pour Hun Chasers," billed as direct from the 
battle of Ypres (third battle), , proved good 
box offleo attraction. Ned Nestor’s Sweet- 
hearts, closed good.' O’Rourke and Anderson, 
fair. Dale Wilson, scored big. Big Jim 

(roller-skating bear), most applause. Seymour 
and Dupree, passable. 

HIPPODROME (Edwin A. Morris, mgr.). — 
1.’), tho bill was given a big boost by two now 
nets made on the Coast. Both are mixed teams 
that graduated from tho leading cabarets 
whore they were establlsbod favorites. They 
are Billy and Edna Frawley and Jane Green 
and .lames Blyler (Now Acts). Kipp nnd 

Kippy opened the show with juggling, with 
many comedy tricks and props that aid con- 
siderably and keeps the nucllonco Inughlng 
throughout tho entire routine of clever jug- 
gif tt e ’Ey We ' ni a !e ’ ’ iVi o ifibe r.' ' ’ Tfi era ' ' Is '"nof.“ a' ' • 
dull mlnuto nnd tho turn received more ap- 
plause and appreciation than customary for 
nn :>ct of this kind. Knili and Porconl, billed 
ns the "nocordtonist nnd the tenor,” opened 
with the tenor singing In Itnlinn. It sounded 
nioro lllto baritone, though he possesses a good 
voice. It was tho accordion player, however, 
■who won tho big npiilauso accorded the act by 
the Mlppodroraoites, fond of the accordion 
regardless of how well it Is played. Leonard 
and JjOuIo, fourth, had some good hand bal- 



A large new stage setting has Just been 
completed by the Edwin Flagg scenio studio 
for the Rialto, The elaborate setting waa put 
In use for the first time Sunday. A playlet 
by Paul Gerson Is being presented this week 
as a Prolog to. the picture, “America’s An- 
swer.” 



Pearl Townsend has Joined the Del S. Law- 
rence stock at the Majestic, opening this week 
in “Lavender and Old Lace," current. 



Mrs. Douglass Crane obtained from the Su- 
perior Court last week an order permitting 
her to obtain service by publicatldii in her 
suit for divorce. According to her petition, 
hor husband, Lewis Douglass Crane, Is engaged 
In war work In Washington. The couple 
separated last May. Mrs. Crane charges deser- 
tion. 



With the opening of "Parlor, Bedroom and 
Bath,” the Cort Is rechrlstcned the Curran. 
Other attractions due tor presentation , are : 
“Business Before Pleasure,” "Friendly Ene- 
mies,” Margaret Illlngton. In "The Eyes of 
Youth,” "Tho Kiss Burglar,” Guy Bates Post 
In 'Tho Masquerader,” A1 Jolson In "Slnbad,” 
nnd Harry Lauder. 

Bch Westiand, ’formerly cdhriectiid with the- ' 
ntrlcal publications, is now the dramatic editor 
of tho "Dally Nows.” 

IjOU Jacobs returned here Inst week from 
Arizona and New Mexico after a season with 
Raymond 'Teal Musical Comedy Company, 
which closed In that territory recently. Ac- 
cording to reports tho Teal Show cleared 
around ^.'iO.OOO the past year. The show Is 
said to have closed on account of the prin- 
cipals being subject to cfill In (be draft. 



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shows are given dally. The Frawleys (New 
Acts) wore third, while Green and Blyler, the 
other new act, were on Just before the King 
Company, that continues In big favor and is 
the big noise at the Hippodrome. 

ALCAZAR (B. B. Price, mgr.). — “Hearts of 
the World” (picture, 14th week). 

CURRAN (Homer P. Curran, mgr.). — 
“Parlor, Bedroom and Bath” (1st week). 

COLUMBIA (Gottlob and Marx, mgrs.). — 
“Twin Beds” (2d week). 

HIPPODROMH (Edwin A. Morris, mgr.).— 
Will King Co. (stock) and A.-H. & W. V. A. 
Vaud. 

MAJESTIC (Ben Muller, mgr.). — Del Lawr- 
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PRINCESS (Bert Levey, lessee nnd mgr.). — 
Bert Levey Vaudeville. 

WIGWAM (Jos. P. Bauer, mgr.).— A.-H. & 
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Snowy; Baker, former boxing promoter in 
Australia, and now picture actor, arrived from 
the Antipodes last week," 



The Grand Jury last week passed a resolu- 
tion calling on the Fire and Police Commis- 
sions to explain why overcrowding of aisles Is 
permitted In the theatres. The Grand Jury 
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Because of a protest by tbe Musicians’ Union 
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Neptune Beach refused to allow the California 
Homo Guards to play Its scheduled concert at 
the Beach last Sunday. The concert was 
played at the Alameda Court ttouse Instead. 

William H. Crane nnd Bmelle Melville 
headed tho cast of tho Players’ Club, which 
opened its season Monday night. 

Estrelllta, the Spanish dancer, opened at 
the Imperial last week, / 

Sailor Willie Meehan, recently awarded tho 
decision In the four-round boxing exhibition 
with Jack Dendpsey, and who is claiming tho 
World’s heavyweight championship, Is appear* 



Ing with the Will King Musical Comedy Com- 
pany at the Hippodrome this week. 

Guy Bates Post arrived from Australia last,, 
week and loft for New York. 



Dale Wilson, wife of Frank Snowden, local 
representative for Shaplro-Bernsteln, music 
publishers, Is at the Hippodrome this week 
doing a “single” turn. 

The Hippodrome, Los Angeles, formerly a 
week stand for Ackerman & Harris, starts a 
split week policy this week. 

The Ed O’Brien Musical Comedy Company, 
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Marta Golden Is playing a special engage- 
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Frank Atkins’ tabloid, by Charles Alphin, 
which appeared at the Casino last week, will 
be discontinued. The principals and chorus. 
Including Phil Rock, principal comedian, will 
bo retained tor Alphln's new show, "The King 
of Slam,” opening next week on the one- 
nlghters In California. 



ATLANTA. 

LYRIC (Hugh Cardoza, mgr.; U. B. O.).— 
First half : Perrera Sextet, Dean and B. B. 
Brown, Htnlel and May, "Childhood Days." 

LOEWS GRAND (Ed., Schiller, mgr.).— 
Norman, Howard and Jenkins, Jewett and 
Elgin, Quigly and FlUgerald, "Telephone 
Tangle," Fox and World, 



ATLANTA (Louis Hasse, mgr.).— "America's 
Answer," U.' S. propaganda picture, opeaed 
week’s stay. 

CRITERION (Willard Paterson, mgr,). — 
Big business with "Stolen Orders" last week. 
This week, Constance Talmadge in "Sauce for 
the Goose," picture. 

FORSYTH (Hugh Cardoza, mgr.).— Playing 
Paramount picture. This week, 1st half. 
Marguerite Clark In "Out of a Clear Sky." 
Dorothy Dalton in "Vive la France," last half. 

/Hank Cassidy, mgr.).— First half, 
Mary Plokford In "Johanna Enlists." Last 
half, "The Girl of the Qolden West,” picture. 

BONITA (George Campbell, mgr.).— Musi- 
cal tabloid full week ; three 'changes of pro- 
gram; getting big soldier business. 

ATLANTIC CITY. 

This week the Apollo and Globe offer split 
Weeks In. billing their attractions. The Globe 
has for the first half Nora Bayes in "Look 
Who’s Here." The last half will be devoted 
to “I. O. U.," a new play. At the Apollo 
Margaret Anglin has "Billeted” for the first 
three days, to be followed by "Come Out of 
the Kitchen," which claims the original pro- 
duction and cast. The only advance bookings 
are at the Apollo, next week (30) la "Miss 
Blue Byes,” a new musical play, and tho 
last half, "The Boomerang.” 

In the new W. A. Brady play at the Olobo 
on Thursday and entitled "I. O. U..’’ Mary 
Nash and Jose Ruben are featured. 'The play 
Is'an adaptation of a picture called. "Tho 



• Cheat," originally written by Hhotor Turn- 
bull. The dramatic version had the collab- 
oration of Willard Mack. The play had a 
spring tryout. 

An luterestlng experiment was tried here 
last week, when tho Colonial and Virginia 
booked "The Prussian Cur.” The former 
house Is under management of the Stanley 
Company, and the latter is booked by It. 
Comuinatlou advertising was used and a sim- 
ilar scale of prices. 

With the arrest of Jack Kerscbner, bis wife, 
and Mary McOurk in Philadelphia by Atlan- 
tic City detectives, tha police believe that 
a number of robberies last summer at vari- 
ous seashore resorts will bo cleared up. Ac- 
cording to the police the Kerschners and Miss 
Mcuurk lived - In a bouse on Connecticut 
avenue, this city, which bore the sign, “Actor’s 
Retreat," but which really was the rendezvous 
of a gang of shoplltters and other petty 
thieves, it Is claimed by the local sleuths 
that when they raided the place last Thurs- 
day they found several thousand dollars 
worth of goods identified as taken from stores 
along the Boardwalk. 

"Denny” McGowan Is dead. With him died 
tho secret of the preparation of the terrapin 
dinners for which ho was famous for years. 
He died last night at tho home of his daugh- 
ter, Mrs. Samuel Young of Atlantic City, 
death being due to Infirmities of- age. He 
was 88 years old. 

A divorce was granted Monday in Phila- 
delphia to Mrs. Ada Hetherlngton Lucas 
■ Patterson Latham from Dr. Harry Elllngs- 
worth Latham, a dentist. Mrs. Latham Is the 
daughter of Albert O. Hetherlngton, former 
President of the Civil Service Commission, and 
she baa divorced two former husbands. She 
is well known in Atlantic City, where she 
attained fame for her skill on roller skates 
and acted for a time as Instructress at a 
shore rink. 

The Steel Pier further cuts Us schedule 
of attractions for this week with the departure 
of the minstrels, of which John Murphy Is 
tho manager. Tho Pier programs now consist 
of films and Leman’s Symphony Orchostra. 

BO^N. 

By LEN LIBDEJY. 

KEITH’S .(Robert. .,G„. Lawim. ..mgr,.;, .agent, . 

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prise of the season In local vaudeville. Tues- 
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and a sell-out for the remainder of tho week 
was assured. The act Is running smoothly 
despite the heavy scenic Invcetlturo and tho 
numerous sets. Nearly all the other heavy 
war acta that have hit Boston have not hit 
just right for varioits reasons, which made 
“■An American Ace’-’ seem all tho better In 
comparison. A mediocre blit supported the 



feature production, with Eddie ' 
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T ®ttPHEUM (Victor J. Morris, mgr. ; a 
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GORDON S OLYMPIA (Frank Hook 
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• (Charles J. Rich, mgr.).— "Zleg- 

felds Follies,” second week, running strong 
and apparently not feeling the absence of 
the students, who seem to be around In 
larger numbers than ever, but la uniform. 

PLYMOUTH (B. D. Smith, mgr.).— “Friendly 
Rnemles” in for a duplicate of the olean-up 
In New York. It Is going very big. 

, Y^LBUR (B. D. Smith, mgr.) "Oh Lady 
Lady,’ seventh week and holding up. 

MAJESTIC (E. D. Smith, mgr.). — ^Thurston, 
ma^clan, two-week showing at $1 top, seems 
to have struck a psychological period and 
a popular price. Folks turning out strong. 

PARK SQUARE (Pkod B, Wright, mgr.).— 
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath.” 6th week and 
going well. 

TRBMONT (Charles J. Rich, mgr.).— Leo 
Ditriohsteln In "The Matinee Hero,” on bis 
second week. Is running strong and shows 
every sign of picking up this week rather 
than falling off. 

HOLLIS (Charles J. Rich, mgr,). — ^May 
Robeon in "A Little Bit Old-Fashioned”; last 
week to diminlehing business. 

CASINO (Charles Waldron, mgr.).— Has- 
tings’ “Big Show,” with Dan Coleman, a 
lopal boy, getting the cream of this week’s 
burlesque buslnesa. 

OAYBTY (Thomas H. Henry, mgr.). — "Step 
Lively Olrls,” with Shorty McAllister ; big. 

HOWARD (George B. Lothrop, mgr.). — 
Ofaarley Robinson’s "Parisian Flirts” flanked 
by a snappy pop bill. Business holding up 
well so far this eeason. 

Next week brings Laurette Taylor In “Hap- 
plneaa” to the Hollis Street, and "Riohelieu,” 
with Robert Mantell, to the Boston Opera 
House, Oct. 17. Mantell will play his com- 
plete repertoire at this bouse. 

BUFFALa N. Y. 

By L. B. SKEFFINOf ON. 

8HUBBBT-TBCK (John R. Oshet, mgr.).— 
"The Man Who Game Back” (2d week), go- 
ing strong. 

MAJESTIC (Peter 0. Cornell, mgr.).— Madge 
Bellamy In “Pollyanna.” 

SHEA'S (Henry Carr, mgr.). — “Suffragette 
Revue,” Allied Song-Birds, A1 and Fannie 
Steadman, Loney Haskell, Ramsdells and 
Deyo, Bthe Hopkins, Three Kanes. 

QAYBTY (R. E. Patton, mgr.).— "The Heat 
Show in Town.” 

GARDEN (William F. Graham, mgr.).— 
"Midnight Mhidens." 

STAR (Peter 0. Cornell, mgr.).— Knicker- 
bocker Players In "The Brat.” 

ACADEMY (Jules Michaels, mgr.). — Musical 
comedy split week. "On the Roof,” first 
half; "Quick Lunch," second half. 

LYRIC (Charles Bowo, mgr.).— LaFollote, 
Paul Jones and the Hall Sisters, Martin and 
Courtney, Alma Orey & Co., Duttel and Covey, 
Arnold and Florence. 

OLYMPIC (Bruce Fowler, mgr.). — "The 
Love Farm,” %lnlature musical comedy; 
Beaulay Belles, Frozlnl, Archie and Walter 
Jones, the Newmans. 

HIPPODROME (Harold Franklin, mgr.).— 
First half, Mary Plckford In “Johanna En- 
lists"; second half, John Barrymore In "On 
the Quiet.” 

STRAND (Earl L. Crabb, mgr.).— First half, 



DETROIT. 

By JACOB SMITH. 

TEMPLE (C. G. Williams, mgr. ; U. B. O.). 
— George MacFarlane, "American Beauty 
Ballet,” Claire Vincent & Co., Walter DeLeon 
and Mary Davies, Ethel Sinclair and Marie 
Qaspar, Ralph Smalley, Seymour’s Happy 
Family, McConnell and Austin. 

MILES (Gus Greening, mgr.; Nash.). — Fonr 
Song Smiths, Duffy and Montague, Joe Dealy 
and Sister, LaSalle and Loretta, George and 
Marie Brown. 

ORPHEUM (Tom Ealand, mgr.; Loew, 
agent).— Carl McCullough, “Motoring with 
Death,” sketch ; Four Meyakos, Belle' Oliver, 
France and Kennedy, Kate and Wiley. 

8HUBBRT-OARRICK (Richard H. Lawrence, 
mgr.). — "Kiss Burglar” opened Sunday. Be- 
low the average musical production. 

DETROIT (A. H. Wa»:ner, mgr. ; Bert Whit- 
ney, lessee). — "Hamilton,” with George Arllss. 
Another "DlsraoH.” 

. GAYBTV (J. M. Ward, mgr,).— Sydell’a 
"London Belles.” 

CADILLAC (Sam Levey, mgr.). — "Blue 
Birds." 

The large attendance of ladies is a feature 
of the matinees at the Oayety burlesque the- 
atre this season. More ladles than ever, hut 
the night business Is not as good as last year. 

The Garrick will be known hereafter as the 
Shubert-Oarriok. 

“aalome” at Adams held over for second 
week. 

Fred M. Shafer, former manager of Liberty, 
who resigned to manage the Academy of 
Music, New York, has changed his mind, and 
will manage the Adams, Detroit, succeeding 
Russell G. Pearce, who resigned. The Liberty 
and Adams theatres are owned by John H. 
Kunsky. 

"America’s Answer,” the second U. S. official 
war feature, will play a two weeks’ engage- 
ment at the Majestic In October. 

Bert Whitney, of the New Detroit opera 
house, has dispensed with his orchestra, using 
three pieces only— cellist, violin and pianist. 
This will be permanent. 

MONTREAi:. 

By ARTHUR SCHALBK. 

HIS MAJESTY’S (Edward and Driscoll, 
mgrs.).— "A Tailor-Made Man.” Next, "The 
Kiss Burglar.” 

PRINCESS (Abble Wright mgr. ; agent, U. 
B. O.): — Barr Twins, Lew Dockstader, “Just 
a Bet.” Mile. Nltta Jo. Helen Jaokley, Will 
and Mary Rogers, Madison and Winchester, 
Mang and Snyder, and Patbe’s Gazette. 

LOBW’S (Ben Mills, mgr.). — ^"Revue Do 
Vogue,” Buddy Walker, B. Guy Woodward & 
Co., Stone and Boyle, Largay and Snee, and 
film. 

GAYBTV (Phil Godel, mgr.).— "Hip! Hip! 
Horray Girls." , 

ORPHEUM (Edgar Boeman, mgr.).— French 
Stock, drawing well. 

The Bscond autoless Sunday had a notice- 
able increase In the attendance at all the 
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4 “REMICK” song 

HITS 



TWO WONDERFUL SONGS 

One by LEE BOBBRTS and J. WILL CALLAHAN 
Writers of “Smiles” 

The other by EGAN & WHITING — ^writers of “Mammy’s 
Little Coal Black Rose/’ etc. 



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LEES. 

ROBERTS 





The Cyclonic 

Song Hit 



Lyric by ^ 

J. WILL 
CALLAHAN 



Here is a soiig that brings joy to a weary heart— 
that fills to o’erflowing the bosom burdened with 
war-time anxiety. A song that hits on all six cylin- 
ders of musical success — ^for here is music with a 
capital M — the singingest, smilingest song sensation 
in a month of Sundays. A success? Well— you 
should smile. The greatest fox trot ever written. 



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and My Boy 

You’d do anything In the world For 
Your Boy and My Boy, wouldn’t you? 

Certainly! . - 

men learn and sing the new timely 
song, “FOB YOUB BOY AND MY 
BOY,” by Kahn and Van Alstyne. A 
song ^th the wonderful patriotic 
thrill that will fill your soul with th^ 
lire of Victory. Bememher when our 
boys at the front hear that you are 
singing this song, it will he like a 
ray of sunslilne from home. We are 
receiving the endorsement and co- 
operation of the Publicity Managers 
of the Twelve Federal Beserve Dis- 
tricts on “For Your Boy and My 
Boy.” 

A1 Jolsou Is singing it cv^ per- 
formance at the Century Theatre, 
New York. 

The Idea song for the Liberty Loan 
Drive Sept. 28th. Put it on right 
away and be right. 



ITl Love You ^hen We Went to 



'^\ “Absence makes the heart grow 

y\ fonder” “Distance lends enchant- 
ment to the view,” and all other 
V \ aged axioms are translated into a 

newer, more modern meaning in 
this supreme melody. A song that 
starts a sob — and ends it just that quick. A song that chills and thrills — 
and, “Though J' ;t good-bye kiss bic^ks my heart, remember this”— sing 
this song today and learn the sequel to this heart sob. A song with the 
bouquet of roses — a song that should be on everyone’s lips before the 
season ends. 

By EGAN & WHITmG' 

Writers of “Mammy’s Little Coal Black Rose,” “And They Called It Dixieland” and 

“Tulip Time In Holland.” 



More for 
Losing You 
Awhile 



Sunday School 



By KAHN & VAN ALSTYNE 5^ 

o 

A song of school— and the Golden Rule. A song whose every note flnds 
quick accord in the pulse beat and heart throb of childhood memories. A 
c}ose-up of the day when you were an innocent cut-up, Bui, hero is the 
chorus— it’s easy to read and worth reading: 

When your pa was preacher and my nia was teacher, 

We went to Sunday School. 

Over my little hymn book I’d look at you ; 

I caught you peeping, too. 

When my dear old mother said, “Love one another,” 

It seemed like a wonderful rule; Vi^ 

And you’re sweeter today than you were, dearie, 

When we went to Sunday School. 

A song that will make them stop, Ipok and listen— that increases the heart 
throbs and makes the eyes glisten. 

CK & COMPAN^^^ 



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The Dancing Bricklayer 
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NEW ORLEANS. ^ 

- By 0. H. SAMUEL. 

OBPHBUH (Arthur White, mgr.).— 28, Best 
bill thus far. Herman Timberg, rewarded 
for distinctive offering: Reno, opened, having 
taken everything of Joe JackBon's but the 
name; Alleen Stanley, did nicely; Lyons and 
Tosco, warmly received; Frank Stafford and 
Co., scored decisively ; Bwor and Avey, up- 
roarious laughter. 

ORESCENT (Walter Kattman, mgr.).— Ap- 
pealing Brst half show. Caesar Rivoli, pre- 
mier consideration; Zelda Dunn, splendidly 
received; Cooper and Qordon, pleased; Lane 
and Plant, merriment; Adams and Mangles, 
capital opener. 

TULANE (T. 0. Campbell, mgr.).— Inaug- 
urated season with. "Watch Tour Step" to 
capacity. Company surpaBseB otbetB Bcnt 
south in same piece. Billy Clark and Kath- 
leen Neal stand out. All principals proficient. 

PALACE (Sam Myers, mgr.).— Ordinary 
program first part. Ryan and Joyce, gathered 
show’s hit; Olemenso Bros., opened; Middle- 
ton and Spellmeyer, pleased; Norwood and 
Hall, fared mildly; Ballyhoo inrlo, closed. 

STRAND (Poster Olroyd, mgr.). — Dorothy 
Dalton In “Vivo la Prance.’* 

Barnes’ Oirous exhibits here shortly; the 
only tented organisation to visit New Orleans 
during the year. 

Ashy Ohoteau, general manager of the In- 
terstate Circuit, with offices In Dallas, reports 



excellent business tor hla houseB. Choteau 
was a guest while here of B. V. Rlchards,^r. 

Hermau Plchtenherg Is here for a fortnight, 
coming down to clip coupons from hla Saenger 
Amusepient Co. stock. 

Virginia Loew Is among those present for 
the winter months. She is minus her danc- 
ing chum, MlMred .^Omar. Mias Omar haa 
been billed aa Fatima in several places, with- 
out oaring a puff. 

PIULADELPHIA. 

KEITH'S (H. T. Jordan, mgr.).— With one 
of the comedy acts missing from the early 
portion of the show, where It was needed to 
get an even balance, and the placing of an 
added number that consumed Just seven min- 
utes, this week's 1)111 did not get any the 
beat of the start, but went surprisingly well 
with a capacity house Monday matmee de- 
spite the many drawbacks. Blanche Ring bad 
the headline position, and with several new 
songs. Including the Inevitable Irish num- 
ber. which she handled very well, the popular 
musical comedy star made her usual fine 
Impression. For the closing number she held 
on to “Bing 'Em on the Rhine,” and It was 
her biggest hit. She sang several extra chor- 
usea .each with a snapper to it, and could 
have given a few more. Miss Ring Id always 
well liked here and wlven a great recep- 
tion. , 

Second honors went to Rita Mario and her 
orchestra. Memories of Caroline Nichols and 
the Boston Padettes were revived by this 
well conceived musical number. The girls 
are 'Clever musicians and their numbers were 
very well received; the applause being liberal 
enough to warrant an extra encore. One of 
the girls is given a vocal solo and does a 
few steps, but this added little to the act; 
but as a high-class musical offering It will 
do on any vaudeville bill. Miss Mario might 
also tone down a IKtIe in her manner of 
directing, as her efforts give the impresBlon 
she is not aure-4)l.her musicians, though all 
seem capable enough. 

Alfred Latell, the dog Impersonator, fur- 
nished several minutes of pleasure with a 
corking little novelty In which be is ably 
assisted by Elsie Vokes. Latell gets a lot 
out of hla animal characterization, bolding 
the stage several minutes while he indulges 
In some dog play. Jim Diamond and Sibyl 



STOP: MANA6EKS AND 
AGENTS: STOP 

This Is the act yon are 
looking for. 

Can hold any spot on 
any bllL 

A hit now on tbe Coast. 

RECKLESS 




DUO 



Brennan did very well with their "Nifty- 
nonsense" In the next to closing position. 
They have changed the act very little since 
It was here last. Diamond is doing only a 
little dancing now, depending upon his cross- 
fire chatter with Miss Brennan, who Is an 
attractive woman and an able worker. Dia- 
mond bad it none too easy with his "nut" 
wmedy following tte Norwortb act, 

which put a bright spot in the first half. The 
Norworth act la one of Ae wildest of the 
“nut” offerings seen In some time, but It 
proved a corkfttg good laugh-winner. Thomas 
Dugan and Babette Raymond went on Just 
ahead of Miss Ring owing to the lata arrival 
of their baggage. It was not a good spot, 
and .they were handicapped through having 
no rehearsal for the business. As de- 
pends upon the smooth working of the act 
the team did not do as well aa it should, but 
they got a liberal supply of laughs and prob- 
ably did better In their scheduled place for 
the evening show. The act always has had 
a weak finish, and it has not improved since 
last seen, " The Asabl Japs had the closing 
spot, and held It In great shape. There were 
very few walkouts, which is a mark of credit 
here on Monday. The Japs are still featur- 
ing tbe thum-tying and water tricks, which 
are handled splendidly, but some of their work- 
Is rather crude, especially the box trick in 
which the girl makes her escape. Bell and 
Eva gave tbe bill a good start with their 
trampoline tricks, and, after tbe Sherlock 
Sisters and Jim Foley had pleased la. a mild 
way with their singing and danolng, the 
Oarclnetti Bros., an added act, scored solidly 
with their novel bat-throwing tricks and the 
comedy work of the dog. 

ALLEGHENY (Joseph Cohen, mgc.). — ^The 
management began a campaign of big time 
acts this week, having Sophie Tucker and her 
Kings of Syncopation as tbe headliner. The 
price of admission at this house was advanced 
when the season opened, and It la tbe plan of 
tbe management to build up a better follow- 
ing for "pop" vaudeville in the Kensington 
section. This is Miss Tuoker’s first time at 
popular prides since she surrounded herself 
with a band, and she opened to a capacity 
bouse Monday. The supporting bill is also 
above the average, including Mullc^ & Ooogan, 
Karl Emmy’s Pets, Ray and Paganny, Alloway 
and Harris, and the film feature, Elsie Fergu- 
son in "Heart of the Wilds." 

COLONIAL (H. A. Smith, mgr.).— First half, 
Martell, Freeman Benton A Co., Gilbert Girls, 



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and her STHPHONT GIRLS, assbted by 
*‘GERANr’ Conductor 

Featuring the RAINBOW GIRL 
In Novelty Dances 

Direction, HARRY SHEA 

OSAKI and TAKI 

in a Difficult Routine of 
Aerial Gymnastics 

Direction, FRED BRANT 

THE FAYNES 

Touriug South African Theatres 

"The Belledays,’’ and Corlnne Griffith In "A 
Girl of TodaT.” Last half. Wllla Holt Wake- 
field, Raymonde Wylie A Co., Weber, Beck A 
Fraser; Boudlnl and Bernard, and Fannie 
Ward In "A Japanese Nightingale.” 

NIXON’S GRAND (W. D. Wegefarth, mgr.). 
^Stampede Riders, Billy Bouncer’s Circus, 
Newhoff and Phelps, Hamilton and Barnes, 
van and Carrie Avery, Rosamond and Dorothy, 
and "A Fight for Millions." 

KEYSTONE (M. . W. Taylor, mgr.). — A. 
musical farce, "Some Baby"; Lorner Olrla, 
Inman and Lyons, Roatlno and Berrlttl, 
Paramo, Claude and Marlon Cleveland. 

NIXON (B. Perry, mgr.). — Henri Henlere In 
"Pianofiage," Jimmy Lucas A Oo., Eddie Her- 
ron A Co., Norma Tbalma, Veronica Hurlfalls, 
and the film, J. Stuart Blackton’s "Missing.’* 

GLOBE (Sabloskey and MoQulrk, mgrs.).— 
“The Bonfire of Old Empires,” "The Rooky 
Pass,” Jones and Sylvester, the Gypsy Song- 
sters, Hanlon and Clifton, Eugene Emmett, 
Peter Platonoff, Padula and Denols, the Tea;„ 

WILLIAM PENN (G. W. Metzel, mgr.).— 
First half, “Yuccatan," a musical oomedy; 



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IN A 8BB1EB OF ARTISTIC DANCIN6 ' 

Dir^tion, MANDEL & ROSE 



Martin and Webb, Joe Rome and Tlllle Oox, 
Bud Snyder and Joe Mellno & Co., and Madge 
Kennedy In “Friend Husband.’’ Last half, 
Harry Langdon & Co. heads a bill of .five note 
and the film feature, Geraldine Farrar In “Tbe 
Turn of the Wheel.’’ 

CROSS KEYS (Sabloskey and McOulrk, 
mgre.). — First, half George Primrose & *Co., 
Bokert and Parker, Lottie Williams, Harry 
Fry, Durkin Sisters, McClellan and Carson. 
Last halt, “Bon Bons,’’ a musical comedy, and 
four other acts. 

BROADWAY (Ohas. Shlsler, mgr.). — ^Flrst 
half, "Violets,’’ a musical farce; Harry 
Bachelor, Kitemura Jape, Rives and Arnold; 
film feature, "The Hun Within.’’ Last half; 
William Shilling & Co. In "On the Western 
Front,’’ Durkin Sisters and three other acts and 
the film feature, John Barrymore In "On the 
Quiet.’’ 



ter, ventriloquist, pleased ; Arthur Pickens and 
06., did well; Frances Kennedy, next, big 
hit; "The Only Oirl," boiled down version, 
liked; “Tank act," went big; Love and Wil- 
bur closed. . - ' T TT 

HARRIS (C. H. Preston, mgr.; agent, U. 
B. O.).— Good bill. Wheeler Bros., opened, 
good; Milton and Rich, fair; Jeseie Parker 
and Co., good; Symoo, marlmaphone, excellent; 
Arthur La Vlno-^and Co., venr good; Sam 
Harris, liked; Sterling and Lake, pleased. 

SHERIDAN SQUARE (J. A. HMley, mgr. ; 
agent. D. B. O.).— First half; "BxempMpn" 
(headlined), Lewis & Norton, Julian Hall, 
Wilbur & Lyke, Bennot Slstere, Offlolal w^ar 
fllma. Last half; Six Tourists (headlined), 
Bell Montrose, Plnard & Dudley, Smlletta Sla- 
ters, Jeanne, "The Engle’s Bye” (fltas). 

ALVIN (J. B. Reynolds, mgr.). — “The Cop- 
perhead.’’ 80, "Rock-a-Bye Baby." 

NIXON (Harry Brown, mgr.).— The 
Canary.’’ 80, "The Country Cpuslm’ 
pm (’tom Bodkin, mgr.).— "Ob Boy! 
80, Bertha Kallsch In "The Riddle Woman.’’ 
LyCBUM (Cliff Wilson, mgr.).— Fay Court- 
eney In “Lilac Time” (second week). 

DUQUBSNE (Bob Evans, ^ mBT.).— ‘ The 
Queen of the Movies” (second week). 80, 

GAYETY (Columbia burlesque, H. Kurtz- 
man. mgr.).- "Merry Rounders.” 

VICTORIA (American burlesque, J. Jones, 
mgr.). —"The Record Breakers. 80, "Broad- 

^^CADBMY (Ueo. Jatte, mgr.).— Stock bur- 
lesque — “Yankee Doodle Girls.” 

K. & K. (Michaels, mgr.).- Manale Weir 
Players and pictures. 

The Kenyon hae Installed a new booth and 
picture machine, adding the latest releases 
to their regular program of eight acts. 



Pir^BURGH. 

DAVIS (J. P. Harris, mgr.; U, B. 0.).— 
On a bill topheavy with muslo Sergt. Bowman 
and Oorp. Shea, Tank Corps, next to closing, 
were one of the two bright spots. The other 
was Frances Kennedy. After offlolal war 
films the 'Geralds opened with a clever instru- 
mental turn followed by Conley and Webb, 
another musical act, which y>nly passed. Lea- 



PROVIDENCE. 



By KARL K. KLARK. ^ _ 
SHUBERT MAJESTIC (Col. Felix R. Wen- 

city for the fourth time and with fair proa- 
pects of making good. . _ — ^ 

OPERA HOUSE (Col. F^lx R. Wendjesohae- 
fer, mgr.).— "The Kaiser Be Damned,’ adver- 
tised as not a moving picture. It isnt. Tls 



called a play and Is showing each day, not 
before crowded houses, however. "Hearta of 
the World," film, coming for return engage- 
ment next week, 

KEITH’S (Charles Lovenberg, mgr.).— Chil- 
Bon Ohrman, first local appearance, goes well 
as headliner; “Tbe Decorators,” Julia Nash 
and C. H. O’Donnell, Lillian Fitzgerald and 
Clarence Senna, Williams Bbs, “A Study in 
Sculptures," Clara Thropp and Co., Armstrong 
and James, Tbe Ferarros. 

EMERY (Martin R. Toohey, mgr.).— Charles 
Mack, headlining, first halt ; Hawthorne and 
Anthony, Strassler’s Animals, Bdah Delbrldge 
Trio, June and Irene Melva. Last half; Ara 
Sisters, Dae and Neville, Zubn and Drels, 
Dave Thursby, Scamp and Scamp. 

PAY’S (Edward M. Pay, mgr.).- "Young 
Punsters’ Quintet,” Prank Reno and Co., 
"Winged Wonders,” ’Thomas and Nicholson, 
Harry Talllfaro, The Dunlaps, ■ 

COLONIAL (Robert J. MacDonald, mgr.).— 

■ Dave Marlon with "Amerlca’a Best,” 

SCENIC.— Pawtucket. First half; Pern, 

Bigelow and King, Eddie He